Sabreclaw es un personaje del universo MC2 que apareció por primera vez en J2 #8 (mayo de 1999). [1] Es el medio hermano de Wild Thing e hijo de Wolverine .
El personaje tiene garras (similares a Dientes de Sable ), un factor de curación, capacidades físicas mejoradas y un temperamento (similar a Wolverine). [ volumen y número necesarios ] Su factor de curación le permite regenerar rápidamente áreas dañadas o destruidas de su estructura celular y le otorga inmunidad virtual a los venenos y la mayoría de las drogas, así como una resistencia mejorada a las enfermedades. Tiene una fuerza sobrehumana, colmillos naturalmente afilados y garras reforzadas con vainas de adamantium .
Lynn Sakura es un personaje secundario de Marvel Comics . El personaje, creado por la escritora Fiona Avery y el artista Mark Brooks , apareció por primera vez en Amazing Fantasy #1 (agosto de 2004 ).
Ella es amiga de la infancia de Anya Corazon , y ambas son compañeras de clase en Milton Summers High School en Fort Greene, Brooklyn . Lynn a menudo apoya a Anya, quien hace malabarismos con una doble vida como Araña con la Sociedad de la Araña. [2] [3] Jon Kasiya (el prodigio asesino de la Hermandad de la Avispa, Amun) amenazó a los seres queridos de Anya, Lynn y Gil Corazon, después de inscribirse en su escuela. Lynn intentó iniciar una relación con Kasiya, sin saber sobre la amenaza. Anya trató de interferir con la relación en ciernes y salvó a Lynn y Kasiya de un pistolero. [4] [5]
Sandmanatee es un manatí antropomórfico y una versión animal de Sandman.
Savage Steel es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Desilusionados por el sistema de justicia y lo que veían como su postura indulgente ante el crimen, varios oficiales del Departamento de Policía de la Ciudad de Nueva York se unieron para formar una organización que mataría a los criminales, en lugar de simplemente encarcelarlos. Savage Steel es una armadura potenciada creada por Stane International para ellos basada en tecnología robada de Stark Enterprises y utilizada por varios miembros de la Cábala, incluidos Paul Trent y los ex miembros Harry Lennox, Johnny Leone y Jimmy Zafar. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Zafar luego se reforma y se convierte en un aliado de Darkhawk como Savage Steel. [10] [11] [12]
El teniente Rafael "Rafe" Scarfe es un teniente de policía ficticio de la ciudad de Nueva York. El personaje, creado por Chris Claremont y Pat Broderick , apareció por primera vez en Marvel Premiere #23 (agosto de 1975).
Rafe es un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam que regresó a Nueva York para convertirse en oficial de policía. Se hizo amigo de su compañera Misty Knight y cuando ella perdió su brazo en la explosión de una bomba, Scarfe nunca se apartó de su lado. [13] Fue un aliado recurrente de Iron Fist , [14] [15] y más tarde de Luke Cage cuando los dos se unieron para formar Heroes for Hire. [16]
Años más tarde, en la historia de " Shadowland ", Scarfe se volvió rebelde y trató de incriminar a Daredevil por el asesinato de varios criminales. [17] Más tarde es capturado por su ex compañera Misty Knight. [18]
Durante la historia de " Gang War ", Scarfe se revela como el líder de los Heat , un grupo de policías que operan en Hell's Kitchen. Además, recibe ayuda de un benefactor anónimo, que envió a la asesina Bellona para ayudar a los Heat, y se le proporciona un prototipo de cañón de brazo. [19] [20]
Rafael Scarfe aparece en Luke Cage , interpretado por Frank Whaley . [21] Esta versión es un detective corrupto de la policía de Nueva York en el distrito 29 asociado con Misty Knight que trabaja en secreto para Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes . [22] Después de que asuntos internos comienzan a investigarlo, Scarfe intenta chantajear a Stokes, quien le dispara y lo deja por muerto. Antes de morir, Scarfe le cuenta a Luke Cage y Claire Temple todo lo que sabe sobre las actividades criminales de Stokes. [23]
Scaleface es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Scaleface es una mutante que puede transformarse en una gran criatura reptil parecida a un dragón. Fue miembro de los Morlocks . Después de la historia de la Masacre de los Morlocks , ella y los Morlocks sobrevivientes entran en conflicto con los X-Men y la policía antes de que esta última la mate. [24]
Scaleface es luego resucitado como un zombi por Black Talon para luchar contra She-Hulk . Después de que She-Hulk derrota a los zombis, Scaleface es enterrado y se colocan amuletos mágicos para evitar que su cuerpo se levante nuevamente. [25]
Sin embargo, Scaleface se encuentra entre los mutantes muertos resucitados por el virus transmode de Selene durante la historia de Necrosha . [26]
Scalphunter ( John Greycrow ) es un personaje villano mutante ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics .
Scalphunter es un miembro de la tribu de nativos americanos comanches que originalmente luchó en la Segunda Guerra Mundial por los Estados Unidos, pero que iba a ser ejecutado por asesinar a sus compañeros oficiales. Un pelotón de fusilamiento le dispara y se cree que está muerto. Sin embargo, sobrevive y es encontrado y reclutado por el enigmático cerebro Mister Sinister desde el principio. Más tarde, aparentemente sin trabajar para Sinister, mata al empleador del salvaje mutante Diente de Sable y le ofrece dinero a Diente de Sable para unirse al jefe de Scalphunter como mercenario, lo que Diente de Sable acepta. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Años después, se reúne con su viejo amigo Gambit y se une a sus Merodeadores. [27] [28] [29] [30] Durante la Masacre de Mutantes , los Merodeadores se enfrentan a los X-Men y al equipo original de X-Factor , así como a Thor y Power Pack , dejando a varios Merodeadores muertos. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Posteriormente, los X-Men frustran el intento de los Merodeadores de asesinar al antiguo peón de Sinister, Madelyne Pryor , en San Francisco . [ volumen y número necesarios ] Al fallar, lo intentan una vez más en la ciudad de Nueva York durante el evento de invasión demoníaca Inferno . [ volumen y número necesarios ] Durante este tiempo, Sinister clonó a toda la banda de Merodeadores, para reemplazar a cualquier miembro del equipo que muera con réplicas exactas [ volumen y número necesarios ] (como se hizo en el caso del Merodeador conocido como Riptide ). [ volumen y número necesarios ] Scalphunter logra vivir a lo largo de sus encuentros con héroes, [ volumen y número necesarios ] pero cuando los Merodeadores luego luchan contra Nate Grey , desplazado dimensionalmente, después de intentar asesinar al antiguo sirviente de Sinister, Threnody , [ volumen y número necesarios ] es asesinado y luego clonado. [ volumen y número necesarios ] Cuando Sinister se hace pasar por el Dr. Robert Windsor, un científico del programa Arma X , Scalphunter todavía lo ayuda a obtener cautivos mutantes para su ADN, ya que Sinister supuestamente ayuda a los prisioneros a escapar, solo para llevarlos a sus propios laboratorios para experimentar. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Scalphunter es uno de los mutantes aún con poderes que viven en tiendas de campaña en el césped del Instituto Xavier después de que casi todos los mutantes fueron despojados de sus poderes durante la historia de " Decimation ". Cuando el mutante inmortal Apocalipsis llega, Scalphunter se va y lo sirve. Cuando Havok advierte a Scalphunter y a sus compañeros reclutas de Apocalipsis , Fever Pitch y Skids , que están sobre sus cabezas, Scalphunter responde que Apocalipsis ha explicado que está del lado de los mutantes en este caso, ya que están en peligro de extinguirse. [ volumen y número necesarios ] En la historia de " X-Men: Messiah Complex ", después de la derrota de Apocalipsis, Scalphunter regresa con su amo y se reincorpora a los Merodeadores. Scalphunter está involucrado en el asalto inicial a Cooperstown, Alaska por el niño mutante. [ 31 ] Durante la búsqueda de los X-Men por el niño mutante, dispara y hiere gravemente a Nightcrawler . [32] Más tarde ayuda al equipo en la defensa de la base de Sinister de los X-Men en la Isla Muir. Durante la batalla, le dispara a Wolverine en la cabeza, pero posteriormente es inmovilizado contra la pared con uno de los cuchillos de Warpath cuando intenta matar a Hepzibah. [33]
En X-Men: Divided We Stand , después de la derrota de Sinister y la muerte y disolución del resto de los Merodeadores, Scalphunter huye a un pequeño pueblo en el desierto, donde nuevamente trabaja en un restaurante como cocinero. Teme que los X-Men lo maten y se ha escondido por completo. Un predicador comienza a comer en el restaurante y constantemente acosa a Scalphunter con una charla incesante. Una noche, Nightcrawler ataca a Scalphunter en su remolque, revelando que él era el predicador, disfrazado. Scalphunter intenta matarlo pero es derrotado fácilmente. Nightcrawler le dice que lo buscó para matarlo, pero cambió de opinión cuando se dio cuenta de que Scalphunter no tenía alma, era solo una copia de una copia. Luego perdona a Scalphunter por todos sus pecados, pasados y futuros, luego se va. Al día siguiente, se ve a Scalphunter nuevamente en el restaurante cocinando, ahora con una cruz de oro. [34] También ha intentado arreglar las cosas con los X-Men, notificándoles de un robo en uno de los antiguos laboratorios de Sinister. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Durante la historia de "X-Men: Utopia", Scalphunter es capturado por un grupo de superhumanos no mutantes y obligado a volar un cargamento de cinco criaturas devoradoras de mutantes a los X-Men en Utopia. [35] En el nuevo status quo para los mutantes después de House of X y Powers of X , el Profesor X y Magneto invitan a todos los mutantes a vivir en Krakoa y dan la bienvenida incluso a los antiguos enemigos a su redil. [36] Algún tiempo después, durante la Era Krakoana , se une a un grupo suelto de mutantes marginados, que operan bajo Mister Sinister: los Hellions , que también incluyen a Havok, Kwannon, Empath, Wildchild, Nanny y Orphan Maker. [37] CBR señaló que la serie Hellions retiró el nombre en clave racista Scalphunter de Greycrow, que debutó durante la historia de Mutant Massacre de 1986, en el segundo número de la serie y que Greycrow tuvo un importante "desarrollo de personaje" con un cambio hacia la redención y el heroísmo durante esta serie. [38]
Scanner fue miembro del Escuadrón Spaceknight a partir del número 2 [39] de ROM Annual (serie de 1982) en noviembre de 1983, en el que también se la llamó Skera. En los números posteriores, se la llamó Vera. [40]
Scarlet Pooch es una versión canina y animal antropomórfica de Scarlet Witch.
El Hombre Esquizoide es un alias utilizado por dos supervillanos ficticios que aparecen en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . [41]
La versión principal, Chip Martin , apareció por primera vez en Spectacular Spider-Man Volumen 2, #36 (noviembre de 1979), y fue creado por Bill Mantlo , John Romita, Jr. y Jim Mooney . Es un estudiante de posgrado en la Empire State University , [42] sufre de inestabilidad psicológica y tiene el poder de construir y animar construcciones sólidas con su mente. Su padre es el senador Robert Martin, un posible sospechoso como el Hobgoblin . [43]
El Hombre Esquizoide se unió a Vil-Anon, un programa de doce pasos dedicado a ayudar a las personas a superar las tendencias criminales que también incluía Armadillo , Equinox , Hypno-Hustler , Jackson Weele y Man-Bull . [44]
En Civil War : Battle Damage Report , se revela que Chip y Lectronn participaron en una pelea de tres horas por Nueva York que terminó en un punto muerto. [45]
El Hombre Esquizoide se encontraba entre varios criminales con superpoderes alojados en una prisión sin nombre y mal equipada en las historias de Avengers Vs. X-Men . Rogue y Mimic tuvieron que luchar contra los dos durante un motín en la prisión donde el Hombre Esquizoide estaba tratando de controlarse a sí mismo. [46]
El Hombre Esquizoide posee el poder de construir y animar construcciones sólidas con su mente.
Un equivalente de Ultimate Marvel del Hombre Esquizoide es un ciudadano francés modificado genéticamente sin nombre gracias a las células madre robadas de Jamie Madrox . Utiliza sus poderes de autorreplicación similares para controlar un motín antes de unirse a los Libertadores . [47] Su equipo lidera un gran ejército para invadir y conquistar los Estados Unidos, lo que lleva a la muerte de algunos miembros de las Reservas de Hombres Gigantes de SHIELD . [48] El Capitán América y Wasp derrotan a todos los cuerpos del Hombre Esquizoide que estaban "dispersos por todo el Triskelion". [49]
Eric Schwinner es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Eric Schwinner es un científico humano en GARID (Investigación Alternativa Galanna para el Desarrollo de la Inmunización). Apareció por primera vez en Amazing Fantasy #15 (agosto de 1962). Schwinner dirigió la demostración pública que llevó a Peter Parker a ser mordido por una araña radiactiva . Trabaja con Peter en el laboratorio para comprender a las arañas radiactivas, así como para derrotar a Tendril, un paciente fugitivo con poderes mutados. [50] [51]
Scimitar es un personaje que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Creado por el escritor Chris Claremont y el artista John Byrne , el personaje apareció por primera vez en Iron Fist #5 (marzo de 1976). [52] Scimitar es representado como un maestro de armas blancas , sirviendo bajo el mando del Maestro Khan . [53] Es un mercenario contratado inicialmente por el hechicero para eliminar a Iron Fist , y más tarde un adversario recurrente del superhéroe. [54]
Scimitar es un mercenario de Halwan y enemigo de Iron Fist . Se sabe poco sobre su pasado, excepto que su nombre ha sido usado por muchas otras personas en Halwan.
En su primera aparición, Scimitar mata a varios civiles para atraer a Iron Fist y sacarlo de su escondite. El plan funciona y Iron Fist se revela, y a pesar de la velocidad y las habilidades de lucha de Scimitar, Iron Fist aún puede derrotarlo. [ volumen y número necesarios ] Tiene algunos enfrentamientos más con Iron Fist y su compañero Luke Cage , pero siempre termina derrotado. [ volumen y número necesarios ] Scimitar desaparece de las páginas del cómic durante mucho tiempo, hasta que regresa en la serie limitada Iron Fist de la década de 1990. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Scimitar más tarde se une a los Weaponeers, un grupo terrorista que lo usa como un "superagente" debido a sus habilidades con la espada. Scimitar resurge con los Weaponeers en Zanzíbar e intenta matar a su presidente, que es un superhéroe retirado. Gracias al miembro de los X-Men, Archangel, y sus aliados de Genosha , Scimitar y los Weaponeers son derrotados. [55]
Scimitar y los Weaponeers son derrotados por los X-Men poco antes del comienzo de House of M. [ 56]
Scimitar aparece en el episodio de The Incredible Hulk "The Lost Village", [57] con la voz de Tom Kane . [58] Esta versión es un cyborg que anteriormente vivió en la ciudad tibetana de Anavrin antes de ser desterrado por su padre Tong Zing.
Scintilla (originalmente llamada Midget ) es un miembro de la Guardia Imperial Shi'ar . Creado por Chris Claremont y Dave Cockrum , el personaje apareció por primera vez en X-Men #107 (octubre de 1977). Scintilla tiene la capacidad de encogerse al cinco por ciento de su tamaño normal, y cualquier tamaño intermedio. Como muchos miembros originales de la Guardia Imperial, Scintilla es el análogo de un personaje de la Legión de Superhéroes de DC Comics : en su caso, Shrinking Violet . [59]
Midget fue uno de los primeros miembros de la Guardia Imperial que encontró el equipo de mutantes sobrehumanos conocidos como los X-Men que buscaban rescatar a la Princesa Lilandra de su hermano loco, el emperador D'Ken . Siguiendo las órdenes de su emperador, la Guardia se enfrentó a los X-Men en un planeta sin nombre del Imperio Shi'ar, y estaban a punto de ganar cuando la banda de piratas interestelares conocidos como los Starjammers llegaron para cambiar el rumbo de la batalla a favor de los X-Men. [60]
Algún tiempo después, cuando Deathbird era emperatriz, Midget se unió a los otros miembros de la Guardia Imperial en la batalla contra Excalibur y los Starjammers. Más tarde, en nombre de Deathbird, Midget ayudó a los otros miembros de la Guardia Imperial en la batalla contra los X-Men y los Starjammers, pero fue derrotada por ellos. [61]
Midget es renombrado como Scintilla [62] al comienzo de la Operación: Tormenta Galáctica , una guerra intergaláctica entre los Shi'ar y los Kree . La Guardia Imperial es parte integral de la creación por parte de los Shi'ar de una enorme superarma, la "Nega-Bomb", utilizando artefactos Kree, incluidas las Nega-Bands originales del Capitán Marvel , que la Guardia roba de la tumba del héroe muerto. Esta bomba es capaz de devastar un área equivalente a la del Imperio Kree (que supuestamente se encuentra en toda la Gran Nube de Magallanes ). Finalmente, el dispositivo Nega Bomb se detona con éxito, devastando el Imperio Kree, con el 98% de la población Kree muriendo instantáneamente. [63] Los Shi'ar anexan los restos del Imperio Kree, y Deathbird se convierte en virrey de los territorios Kree. [64]
Vulcan , un poderoso mutante que intenta conquistar el Imperio Shi'ar, lucha contra la Guardia a partir de The Uncanny X-Men #480 (2007). Trágicamente, Vulcan mata a Cosmo y Smasher (y aparentemente a Impulse , Neutron y Titan ) antes de ser derrotado por Gladiator , quien le saca el ojo izquierdo. A pesar del deseo de venganza de Scintilla, Gladiator toma a Vulcan bajo custodia y lo encarcela. [65]
Scintilla tiene muchas más aventuras con la Guardia Imperial, en historias como " Emperador Vulcano ", [66] "Invasión Secreta", [67] X-Men: Kingbreaker , [68] " La Guerra de los Reyes ", [69] y "El Juicio de Jean Grey". [70]
Escorpio es un supervillano .
Elaine Coll es reclutada por Silvermane de un hospital psiquiátrico para convertirse en la nueva Scorpion. Ella opta por llamarse Scorpia en su lugar y se le da una armadura robótica similar a un escorpión que mejora su fuerza y velocidad en un 500%. Scorpia lleva con éxito a Deathlok a Silvermane y se le ordena emboscar a Spider-Man y Daredevil, que se habían infiltrado en su base. Ella los desgasta, pero luego es traicionada por Silvermane, quien le dispara por la espalda. Scorpia sigue a Spider-Man y Daredevil hasta la ubicación de Silvermane y lo ataca de inmediato. Mainframe, otro de los mercenarios de Silvermane, toma el control de las mejoras cibernéticas de Scorpia y la usa para atacar a Spider-Man. Sin embargo, pronto recuperó la movilidad y atacó a Silvermane. Una explosión creada por The Punisher derribó a Scorpia del edificio en el que estaban, pero un Deathlok mentalmente conflictivo la salvó. Luego decidió huir del área en lugar de ser encarcelada. [71]
Scorpia luego se une a los nuevos Seis Siniestros (aunque había siete miembros en total). El objetivo principal del equipo era evitar que Kaine matara a más enemigos de Spider-Man. Cuando Kaine se disfrazó de Spider-Man y atacó a Hobgoblin, Scorpia se unió inmediatamente a los demás en la batalla. Sin embargo, no estaban acostumbrados a trabajar juntos, para gran desdén de Scorpia. Spider-Man finalmente entró en la batalla y pudo derrotar a Scorpia. También participó en otra batalla contra Spider-Man con algunos de sus antiguos aliados y otros nuevos como Boomerang y Jack O'Lantern . Fue derrotada cuando Spider-Man le arrojó a Jack O'Lantern. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Mucho más tarde, Scorpia lucha contra Spider-Man y Black Cat y es derrotada cuando Black Cat le arranca la cola. [72] Más tarde revela que fue contratada por Alberto Ortega, el jefe de un sindicato de drogas local. [73]
Durante la historia de " Infinity ", Scorpia aparece como una de las villanas al servicio de Caroline Le Fay. Ella ayuda a luchar contra las fuerzas de Thanos y luego lucha contra los Fearless Defenders . [74] Scorpia permaneció al servicio de Le Fay después, actuando como uno de sus guardaespaldas durante una reunión con los Mercs for Money. [75]
Durante la historia de " Hunted ", Scorpia se encuentra entre los personajes con temática animal que fueron capturados por Taskmaster y Black Ant para la Gran Cacería de Kraven el Cazador , patrocinada por la compañía Arcade Industries de Arcade . Fue vista en una reunión organizada por Vulture . [76] Más tarde fue liberada cuando Kraven el Cazador le dijo a Arcade que bajara el campo de fuerza alrededor de Central Park. [77]
Scorpia aparece como miembro de una encarnación femenina del Sindicato Siniestro . Ella le dice a Francine Frye que escuchó acerca de que ella frió al Electro original y robó su truco. El Sindicato Siniestro comienza su misión donde atacan el edificio FEAST en el que Boomerang se ofrece como voluntario. [78] Beetle lidera al Sindicato Siniestro en el ataque a Boomerang. Boomerang afirmó que él fue quien se le ocurrió el nombre del Sindicato Siniestro. Después de llevar a la tía May a un lugar seguro, Peter Parker se transforma en Spider-Man y ayuda a Boomerang a luchar contra el Sindicato. El Sindicato comienza a hacer su ataque de formación hasta que Spider-Man activa accidentalmente el gaserang de Boomerang, que deja inconsciente a Spider-Man lo suficiente como para que el Sindicato se escape con Boomerang. Mientras Beetle hace que Electro escriba una propuesta sobre cómo el Sindicato puede usar a Boomerang como ejemplo para el submundo criminal, Beetle se va mientras llama a Wilson Fisk para decirle que atraparon a Boomerang, mientras le dan la información sobre dónde puede ocurrir el intercambio. Scorpia luego les menciona a los miembros del Sindicato que Rhino una vez se negó a luchar con ella. [79] Cuando Beetle regresa a la sede, Scorpia está presente cuando el alcalde Wilson Fisk lleva toda la fuerza de la ciudad de Nueva York a su sede, exigiendo que le entreguen a Boomerang. El Sindicato luego ayuda a Spider-Man contra las fuerzas del alcalde Fisk. Después de que Spider-Man evacua a Boomerang, el Sindicato lucha contra las fuerzas del alcalde Fisk sin matarlos. El Sindicato es derrotado y arrestado por la policía. Su transporte es atacado por un asaltante desconocido que los libera. [80]
Durante la historia de " Guerra Siniestra ", Scorpia estaba con el Sindicato Siniestro cuando fueron reclutados por Kindred para castigar a Spider-Man por sus pecados. [81]
Scorpia estaba con el Sindicato Siniestro cuando invitaron a Janice Lincoln a una despedida de soltera. [82]
Durante la historia de " Gang War ", Scorpia acompañó a Beetle, Lady Octopus y Trapstr para brindar ayuda a White Rabbit y su secuaz Kareem cuando el grupo de Black Mariah ataca el almacén en el que se encuentran. [83] Scorpia acompaña al Sinister Syndicate a Sugar Hill para luchar contra la pandilla de Diamondback allí. Derrotan a algunos de los hombres de Diamondback y descubren que el resto de ellos han sido derrotados por Rose y Digger . [84] [85] [86] [87] [88]
El Escorpión es un nombre utilizado por diferentes personajes que aparecen en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Jim Evans es un boticario exitoso en Dustville durante el Viejo Oeste. Comenzó a salir con Sarah (la chica más bonita de la ciudad) hasta que ella comenzó a descuidarlo al afirmar que ya tenía un novio en Matt Cody. Matt Cody no estaba contento de que Sarah saliera con Jim y lo desafió a un tiroteo. Jim sacó su arma primero y solo logró golpear a Matt en el brazo izquierdo mientras Matt logró dispararle el arma de la mano. Matt luego hizo bailar a Jim con su arma. Jim fue humillado y juró venganza, convirtiéndose en Scorpion y empuñando balas paralizantes. [89]
Después de seis meses en prisión, Jim Evans escapa y toma el alias de Sting-Ray antes de ser derrotado por Phantom Rider . [90]
La primera encarnación de Scorpion en Ultimate Marvel que se ve es uno de los clones de Peter Parker . Vestido como un escorpión y atacando el centro comercial, se reveló que era un clon mentalmente inestable que estaba equipado con un traje blindado verde. [91] Este clon también tenía una cola mecánica injertada en su columna vertebral que tenía la capacidad de disparar ácido. El clon finalmente fue sometido por Spider-Man y llevado a los Cuatro Fantásticos , quienes finalmente se lo dieron a SHIELD [92] Al final de la historia de la saga de clones, Nick Fury les dice a sus subordinados que "se pongan a trabajar" mientras sale de la habitación en la que se encuentra retenido el clon. [93 ]
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Jefferson Davis asume el nombre de Scorpion en Tierra-65 . Lleva un traje cargado eléctricamente, lleva un bastón con temática de escorpión y posee una supervelocidad limitada. Jefferson trabaja para la organización SILK y luchó contra Spider-Gwen (en nombre de Matt Murdock ), Silk y Spider-Woman . [94]
Scorn ( Tanis Nieves ) es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. Tanis Nevies apareció por primera vez en Carnage #1 (diciembre de 2010), [102] mientras que el simbionte Scorn apareció por primera vez en Carnage #4 (junio de 2011).
Después de que el simbionte Carnage fuera partido por la mitad por Sentry fuera de la atmósfera de la Tierra, [103] más tarde se descubre que Carnage sobrevivió y regresó a la Tierra, donde fue descubierto por Michael Hall, quien trajo a Shriek y su médico, el Dr. Tanis Nevies, para usar Shriek para mantener vivo a Carnage para usar las propiedades del organismo para crear miembros protésicos y exotrajes que responderían de la misma manera que un simbionte. Nevies está equipada con uno de estos brazos protésicos después de que es atrapada en un ataque por el Doppelganger que intentó rescatar a Shriek. [104] Cuando está cerca de Carnage, su brazo se vuelve loco y la obliga a matar a varios científicos antes de que Carnage se una a ella por la fuerza. [104] Después de que el simbionte usa a Tanis para irrumpir en una instalación de Hall Corporation, se revela que Cletus Kasady está vivo, preservado por Carnage y reparado por las prótesis de Hall. [104] Kasady recupera a Carnage una vez más, intentando vengar su cautiverio, mientras que Spider-Man y Iron Man luchan por detener a Carnage. Luego se revela que Carnage estaba una vez más "embarazado", y el engendro del traje se une brevemente a Tanis, pero ella se lo quita y el simbionte se une a Shriek antes de ser arrancado de ella. Asustado por la malicia de Shriek, el brazo del simbionte se vuelve a unir a Tanis, creando al nuevo héroe Scorn que derrota a Shriek y la obliga a usar su grito sónico para debilitar a Carnage, quien escapa. [104]
En Carnage USA , Carnage invadió Doverton, Colorado y se unió a sus ciudadanos y al equipo de los Vengadores (que originalmente intentó detener a Carnage) al que el gobierno envía al Equipo Mercury, un equipo de fuerzas especiales mejorado con simbiontes unido a los simbiontes Agony , Phage , Riot y Lasher junto con la Dra. Tanis Nieves como Scorn para detener a Carnage, pero están muy superados en número, ya que Carnage controla toda la ciudad. Las fuerzas especiales mejoradas siguen luchando, pero Carnage envía a los Vengadores controlados tras ellos, fue entonces cuando Spider-Man llega con los residentes no afectados de la ciudad. El combate cuerpo a cuerpo es particularmente feroz cuando el Agente Venom interviene con rondas sónicas. Scorn usa un vehículo de construcción para llevar a los dos a un dispositivo que construyó y revela que su dispositivo está destinado a eliminar permanentemente los lazos de Carnage y Venom, pero los anfitriones todavía están allí. Después de que los simbiontes pelean entre sí mismos y el equipo de los Vengadores, el simbionte Venom encuentra su camino de regreso a Flash Thompson mientras Scorn puede capturar y contener al simbionte Carnage. [105]
En Carnage Born , se revela que Scorn se corrompió y comenzó un culto que adoraba a Knull . Ella con sus seguidores recupera los restos del simbionte Grendel del Creador , junto con el cuerpo dañado de Kasady después del evento Venomized . Después de implantar los restos en el interior, Kasady comienza a luchar por el control. Ella se ofrece a Kasady, para que pueda absorber los restos de Carnage que quedan en su cuerpo, pero Kasady la mata, haciendo que su códice vuelva a ser Carnage, [106] aunque Carnage está en realidad en Alchemax . [107]
Scramble ( Lionel Jeffries ), también conocido como Scramble the Mixed-Up Man , es un supervillano que aparece en los medios publicados por Marvel Comics. Específicamente, fue un enemigo de Alpha Flight , pero por un breve tiempo fue alternativamente su aliado. Scramble es el hermano de Madison Jeffries . Scramble apareció por primera vez en Alpha Flight #30 (febrero de 1986) y fue creado por Bill Mantlo y Mike Mignola .
Lionel Jeffries y su hermano mayor Madison eran mutantes: Madison con la capacidad de alterar superficies metálicas y Lionel capaz de manipular materia orgánica. Lionel utilizó su poder para convertirse en un cirujano exitoso, y más tarde, tanto él como Madison estuvieron entre los miles de canadienses que se alistaron en el Ejército de los Estados Unidos durante la Guerra de Vietnam . Madison, que detestaba ser un mutante, sirvió como mecánico de primera clase, mientras que Lionel ansiaba la oportunidad de usar sus poderes para el bien como médico. Sin embargo, la incapacidad de Lionel para resucitar a muchos de sus compañeros soldados después de que una explosión desmembrara a su escuadrón hizo que se volviera loco, y Madison tuvo que usar sus propios poderes para ayudar a contenerlo. [110]
En los años posteriores a la guerra, Madison hizo que su hermano delirante fuera internado en el Hospital General de Montreal , donde lo mantuvieron atado, antes de unirse él mismo al equipo de superhéroes canadiense Alpha Flight. Poco después, la líder de Alpha Flight, Heather Hudson, encontró a Lionel, descubriendo su existencia en el sistema informático Alphanex del equipo (solo después de eludir un bloqueo de seguridad en el archivo de Madison). Dado que Madison nunca informó a sus compañeros de equipo sobre la existencia de Lionel, Heather asumió que el hombre era un médico del hospital y viajó allí en un esfuerzo por determinar si era un mutante y, de ser así, reclutarlo para Alpha Flight. Cuando descubrió que Lionel era, de hecho, un paciente, se horrorizó aún más al contemplar lo que creía que era un terrible maltrato por parte de los médicos que lo sujetaban. Sin embargo, cuando Heather intentó presentarse como amiga de Madison con un apretón de manos, Lionel hizo contacto físico con ella y usó sus poderes para deformar brutalmente su cuerpo, liberándose en el proceso y tomando el control del hospital. Ahora se hacía llamar Scramble, el hombre mezclado, y pronto se dedicó a alterar al personal del hospital y a los pacientes para convertirlos en zombis horriblemente deformados (resucitando involuntariamente a Deadly Ernest, un enemigo fallecido de Alpha Flight, en el proceso). El loco Scramble se creía poco más que un médico que cuidaba a sus pacientes. Alpha Flight pronto llegó a la escena para rescatar a Heather (después de rastrear su camino a través de Alphanex) y terminó en una pelea con los mutantes. Pronto, los hermanos Jeffries se reunieron en la morgue del hospital, y allí Madison se dio cuenta por completo de la profundidad de la locura de Scramble, al mismo tiempo que creía que todavía había bondad en él. Los dos hermanos se enfrentaron, pero finalmente Madison manipuló a Scramble para que usara sus propios poderes de deformación orgánica en sí mismo, curando su cerebro de la psicosis. El Scramble "curado" revierte gran parte del daño que hizo, incluida la transformación de Heather, y jura volver a la medicina después de ser dado de alta del hospital. [110]
Scramble finalmente dirigió la Clínica Nueva Vida, una organización que ayudó médicamente a Alpha Flight en varias ocasiones, convirtiéndose en un fuerte aliado del equipo en el proceso. Sin embargo, gradualmente, su locura comenzó a regresar y comenzó una campaña secreta para crear una raza de superhumanos genéticos. Encontró un socio en Box (Roger Bochs), un miembro de Alpha Flight a su cuidado que también había estado sufriendo una psicosis severa. Box, vengativamente celoso, le pidió a Scramble que usara sus poderes para reparar sus piernas dañadas en un esfuerzo por asegurar el amor de su novia y compañera de equipo Aurora . Finalmente, se reveló que Scramble no usó el exceso de tejido graso de Bochs para reparar las piernas del hombre, sino que usó carne de cadáver manipulada. A pesar de esta extraña traición, la pareja demente aún unió fuerzas en la búsqueda de Scramble para conseguir su superraza prevista. Scramble y Bochs luego se fusionaron físicamente en una criatura horriblemente deformada conocida como Omega, y atacaron a Alpha Flight y sus aprendices Beta Flight cuando los equipos se dieron cuenta de sus planes, primero mutando a Madison y al propio asistente de laboratorio de Lionel, Whitman Knapp (lo que provocó que los poderes mutantes latentes de Knapp se activaran) y luego dominando al resto de los equipos. Madison se deforma y luego se pone la armadura de Box y la usa para luchar contra Omega, tiempo durante el cual la personalidad de Scramble se volvió dominante y mató a la mitad de Bochs después de que la personalidad de Bochs encontró la cordura e intentó terminar la batalla. Después de que Alpha Flight se recupera y derrota a Omega (gracias en gran parte a los esfuerzos del controlador mental de Beta Flight, Purple Girl ), Madison se dio cuenta de que la única forma de evitar un colapso futuro de su peligroso hermano era matarlo. Luego procedió a hacerlo, usando armamento conjurado de su armadura de Box. [111]
Grady Scraps es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. El personaje, creado por el escritor Dan Slott y el artista Humberto Ramos , apareció por primera vez en The Amazing Spider-Man #648 (enero de 2011). Es el compañero de trabajo cómico de Peter Parker en Horizon Labs de Max Modell . Scraps se involucra en varias historias de Spider-Man , como " Big Time " y " Spider-Island ". [112] [113] [114] [115]
Grady Scraps aparece en Spider-Man , con la voz de Scott Menville . [116] [117] Esta versión es un adolescente y científico que trabaja en Horizon High.
Sea Leopard es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Sea Leopard es de una raza submarina no especificada con longevidad, telepatía, garras afiladas similares a las de un leopardo y una cola similar a la de un leopardo que se puede usar como arma. Más tarde colaboró con Black Moray al ver Old Atlantis, donde Sea Leopard derrotó a Attuma y Andromeda . Namor derrotó a Sea Leopard y dejó a Attuma para que se ocupara de él. [118]
Más tarde, Sea Leopard se unió a los Fathom Five . [119]
Sea Urchin es un supervillano ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Aparece por primera vez en New Warriors #14 y fue creado por Fabian Nicieza , Mark Bagley y Sam de la Rosa.
Señor Muerte y Señor Suerte son alias utilizados por varios personajes ficticios que aparecen en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
El primer personaje en utilizar estos nombres fue Ramón García, quien nació en Hatillo, Puerto Rico . Ramón era el dueño de una cadena de casinos de juego y un criminal que se hacía llamar "Señor Suerte" (que significa "Mr. Luck" en inglés) en su papel de jefe de operaciones de juego criminal en Nueva York. Usaba el nombre "Señor Muerte" (que significa "Mr. Death" en inglés) cuando mataba a sus oponentes. Ramón envió hombres para matar a Frank Jenks y Luke Cage. [120] Muerte intentó matar a Luke Cage y asesinó a un dueño de casino rival. Luchó contra Cage, pero fue electrocutado por su propio dispositivo durante la batalla y murió. [121] Ramón reaparece sin explicación años después, siendo obligado a cometer crímenes por Lady Caterpillar, quien había secuestrado a su esposa, Rebecca Clyde. [122] [123]
Después de la muerte de Ramón, sus hermanos menores Jaime y Phillip se hicieron cargo de sus operaciones y se convirtieron en copropietarios de los casinos de juego de sus hermanos. Jaime se convirtió en "Señor Suerte" y Phillip en "Señor Muerte". Jaime era un ladrón profesional y Phillip era un asesino profesional.
Phillip, como el nuevo Señor Muerte, se hizo pasar por su hermano fallecido, Ramón. Junto a Tarántula , asesinó al agente del gobierno Ken Astor e intentó secuestrar un convoy militar, los Madbombs. Luchó contra el Capitán América. [124] Phillip usaba guantes que podían liberar veneno de araña en sus víctimas.
Jaime, como Señor Suerte, intentó robar artefactos de Tutankamón de un museo y luchó contra Cage y Puño de Hierro. [125] Las operaciones de juego de Jamie y Phillip fueron interrumpidas por Cage y Puño de Hierro. Los hermanos colocaron trampas mortales para Cage y Puño de Hierro, pero aun así fueron derrotados por ellos. [126]
Señor Muerte aparece en Los Vengadores: Los héroes más poderosos de la Tierra episodio "Robar un Hombre Hormiga".
Suvik Senyaka es el primer personaje de Sri Lanka que aparece en Marvel Comics, seguido por la Dra. Amara Perera. Senyaka apareció por primera vez en The Uncanny X-Men #300 y fue creado por Scott Lobdell y John Romita Jr.
Senyaka posee el poder de drenar la esencia bioeléctrica de otros al entrar en contacto físico. La energía vital que drena aumenta su fuerza natural, resistencia y reflejos, además de acelerar significativamente sus poderes de recuperación. Senyaka también puede utilizar el exceso de fuerza vital que drena para generar un par de látigos psiónicos compuestos de energía bioeléctrica. Estos látigos se mueven según su orden mental y pueden aumentar en gran medida la distancia de su capacidad de absorción. Los látigos también pueden conducir su energía bioeléctrica para encender grupos de nervios en un oponente y causarle dolor intenso o parálisis, así como quemar su carne.
Senyaka es un mutante reclutado por Fabian Cortez como miembro de un segundo grupo de Acólitos . [127] En su primera misión, este nuevo equipo de Acólitos atacó la escuela Nuestra Madre del Sagrado Corazón mientras buscaban a un niño mutante. [128] Durante el asalto, Senyaka disgustó a su señor Magneto después de herir gravemente a una enfermera humana con sus bobinas de energía y posteriormente fue asesinado por Magneto, quien aplastó la vida de Senyaka con sus propias bobinas. [129]
Sin embargo, Senyaka sobrevivió al extraer la energía vital de los agentes de la agencia internacional de aplicación de la ley conocida como SHIELD, que habían recuperado el cuerpo de Senyaka. Buscando vengarse de Magneto, Senyaka se propuso matar al capitán de mar Lee Forrester, un ex amante del autoproclamado maestro del magnetismo. Forrester se asoció con el soldado mutante del futuro llamado Cable , y Senyaka aparentemente murió una vez más en la batalla que siguió. [130]
Senyaka reapareció más tarde una vez más como miembro de una facción de Acólitos liderada por Exodus , que tiene la capacidad de devolver la vida a las personas. Los Acólitos participaron en un asalto a la montaña Wundagore en el país europeo de Transia , hogar del enigmático científico conocido como el Alto Evolucionario . El Evolucionario había desarrollado un poderoso compuesto mutagénico conocido como Isótopo-E, que los Acólitos codiciaban para sí mismos. [131]
Después de que Exodus fue derrotado, Senyaka se encontró entre las filas de los antiguos Acólitos que estaban ayudando a la rebelión de Carrion Cove contra el gobierno de Magneto de la nación insular de Genosha. Con el genocidio de la población de Genosha a manos de los robots gigantes cazadores de mutantes Centinelas controlados por Cassandra Nova , la gemela genética del profesor Charles Xavier, se creía que Senyaka estaba muerto. [132]
Pasó algún tiempo antes de que Senyaka regresara. A su regreso, cuya naturaleza aún se desconoce, se unió a las filas del nuevo equipo de Acólitos de Éxodo. Después de la batalla de los X-Men contra Hecatomb, Senyaka apareció en la diezmada nación insular de Cable, Providence, junto con los nuevos Merodeadores, Gambit y Sunfire , en un intento de reclamar los archivos de información de la isla, lo que permitiría el acceso a la futura tecnología de Cable. Mientras Gambit y Sunfire se enfrentaban a Cable, Senyaka luchó contra Deadpool y pareció ganar la partida antes de que Deadpool fuera teletransportado por la tecnología de Cable. [133]
Cuando Selene envía a su Círculo Interno para recuperar el cuchillo místico necesario para completar su ritual, Senyaka hiere mortalmente a varios mutantes con poderes relacionados con la muerte. Al principio, cuando ella intenta engañarlo apareciendo ante él como una niña, él le dice que deje de usar su disfraz porque matará por ella porque es diferente a los demás a los que ha servido. [134] Viajan al lugar de nacimiento de Selene, Roma y Nueva York, donde matan a los miembros de esa rama del Club del Fuego Infernal. Después de ser llevada a las ruinas de Genosha por Caliban, Selene declara que aquí es donde se convertirá en una diosa y lo renombra Necrosha. [135]
Cuando Selene envía a su Círculo Interno para recuperar el cuchillo místico necesario para completar su ritual, Senyaka hiere mortalmente a Meld, luego se une a Blink para atacar a Archangel , usando sus espirales para contenerlo, mientras Blink teletransporta sus alas en pedazos. Senyaka es atacado más tarde por Wolverine, quien le clava sus garras en el pecho. Senyaka no se inmuta por esto y declara que ya lo han matado antes. En la pelea final, Senyaka atrapa a Wolverine en sus espirales y lo estrella contra las paredes. X-23 lo libera cuando le corta el brazo a Senyaka. Wolverine se aprovecha de la situación y decapita a Senyaka. [136]
Sepulcro (también conocido como Shadowoman ) es un superhéroe ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. Apareció por primera vez en Quasar #45 (abril de 1993) y fue creado por Mark Gruenwald y Grant Miehm .
Después de una infancia difícil, Jillian Marie Woods dejó su hogar para asistir a la Universidad de San Francisco . Mientras estaba allí, conoció al profesor de ocultismo Anthony Ludgate Druid, el superhéroe conocido como Doctor Druid . Descubrieron que existía un vínculo psíquico entre ellos. Druid sondeó la mente de Jillian y descubrió que su alma había habitado en un alquimista masculino en la corte del Rey Arturo en una vida pasada, y que el alquimista amaba a una princesa cuya alma se reencarnó como el Dr. Druid. El alquimista y la princesa fueron asesinados por el hermano de la princesa debido a su relación, y el alquimista juró que encontraría a la princesa nuevamente. Jillian y Druid, sorprendidos por estas revelaciones, se convirtieron en amantes. Algún tiempo después, Jillian liberó accidentalmente a un demonio, que la mató cuando ella y Druid estaban investigando artefactos místicos que Druid tomó del hechicero Magnus. El Dr. Druid, usando una estatua mística llamada la Novia de Slorioth, unió una parte del alma de Jillian a su sombra. Cuando Jillian despertó con sus nuevos poderes, Druid le dijo que eran el resultado de su exposición al demonio. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Jillian tomó el nombre de Shadowoman y junto con otros héroes Jim Scully (como el segundo Blazing Skull) y N'Kantu, la Momia Viviente , se unieron a un equipo, liderado por el Dr. Druid llamado Shock Troop. Cuando Quagmire , usando su Darkforce, Neutron y la Presencia corrompieron la Tierra-148611 (Nuevo Universo), Shadowoman y Shock Troop ayudaron a Quasar a luchar contra los Anti Bodies hasta que la Guardia Imperial Shi'ar los destruyó. Más tarde, Doctor Strange convocó a Shock Troop para enfrentar una amenaza en el Nexus of All Realities . Cuando llegó el equipo, Quasar ya había neutralizado la amenaza. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Después de que el Dr. Strange obligara al Dr. Druid a asumir la responsabilidad de organizar a los Defensores Secretos , Jillian, Luke Cage y Deadpool se reunieron para evitar que Malachi volviera a ensamblar la Piedra de Moebius. Se conocieron en el Museo de Arte de Chicago y se enfrentaron a Malachi mientras intentaba adquirir un fragmento de Piedra de Moebius unido a una espada. Para contener a los Defensores Secretos, Malachi animó una obra de arte para atacarlos y se fue con el fragmento. Proyectando su forma de sombra sobre ellos, Shadowoman hizo que se disiparan . Luego, Druid los teletransportó a su casa para buscar artefactos que pudieran ayudarlos contra Malachi. [137]
Se dispusieron a oponerse a Malachi en una tumba donde un cadáver sostenía el último fragmento de la Piedra de Moebius en un anillo en su dedo. A ellos se les unió Cody Fleisher, Cadáver, un adolescente que Malachi mató a quien Agamotto reanimó para que sirviera como su Jinete Pálido. Sin embargo, Malachi obtuvo el último fragmento y atrapó a Shadowoman y al Dr. Druid con sus hechizos. Shadowoman pudo atravesar sus ataduras y distrajo a Malachi mientras el Dr. Druid escapaba. Malachi derribó a Shadowoman, y cuando sobrevivió al golpe, se dio cuenta de que no debería haberlo hecho y que el Dr. Druid le había hecho algo. Malachi finalmente fue asesinado por Deadpool, pero luego Strange , el sirviente del Dr. Strange, intentó reclamar la Piedra de Moebius. Shadowoman se opuso a él, solo para ser derribado nuevamente, pero el Dr. Druid pudo destruir la piedra. [138]
Shadowoman, Cadáver, Dr. Druid y RG Mathieson se enfrentaron a Swarm , mientras intentaba controlar el supercolisionador Rand-Meachum. Jillian era inmune a Swarm debido a sus poderes y ayudó a liberar a Dr. Druid y Cadáver de las garras de la criatura. Ella y Cadáver ayudaron a contener a Swarm el tiempo suficiente para que Dr. Druid convenciera a Swarm de que se retirara. [139]
Al regresar de su encuentro con Swarm, Jillian le pidió al Dr. Druid que le explicara en qué se había convertido. Druid prometió hacerlo, pero la arrojó a la Novia de Slorioth. Dentro de la estatua, Jillian se encontró con el lado oscuro del alma del Dr. Druid y supo de él lo que el Dr. Druid le había hecho. Salió de la estatua furiosa y atacó al Dr. Druid, pero él la convenció de que solo había hecho lo que tenía que hacerse y que estaba listo para guiarla a ella y a Cadáver en una misión que los liberaría a todos de sus respectivas maldiciones. Ella estuvo de acuerdo, pero asumió el nuevo alias de Sepulcro para esa misión. El Dr. Druid luego los teletransportó a Starkesboro. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Sepulchre y los demás se encontraron con Deathlok, Dagger y Drax , sus compañeros de equipo para esta misión. El Dr. Druid los condujo a las Puertas de la Perdición, donde se enfrentaría al demonio Slorioth. Sin embargo, cuando el Dr. Druid se fue, los Defensores originales ( Silver Surfer , Hulk y Sub-Mariner ) parecieron oponerse a los Defensores Secretos. Sepulchre se enfrentó a Silver Surfer en batalla, pero huyó de la escena cuando se dio cuenta de que estaba en una era en la que la barrera de Galactus no rodeaba la Tierra. Sin embargo, la conciencia de Surfer lo carcomía y regresó para enfrentarse a Sepulchre una vez más, pero ella lo encerró en un campo de oscuridad total. Justo en ese momento, su batalla se interrumpió cuando surgió el demonio Slorioth. [140]
Los dos equipos de Defensores lucharon contra Slorioth, pero Joshua Pryce se llevó a Sepulcro y Cadáver a un lado para enfrentar la verdadera amenaza: el Dr. Druid, corrompido por su lado oscuro. El Dr. Druid afirmó que todo lo que había hecho había sido por Jillian, luego atacó a sus antiguos aliados. Como el Dr. Druid había tomado el control de su alma, usó esa ventaja para hacer que se disolviera. Finalmente, Joshua Pryce trajo a Vishanti y al Tribunal Viviente , quienes expulsaron al Dr. Druid y Slorioth. Pryce luego fue a ayudar a Sepulcro, pero ella le rogó que la dejara morir. Él respondió: "¡Es mejor vivir, por siempre como Shadowoman... que morir como Sepulcro!", y la ayudó a resucitar. [141]
Sepulcro y Cadáver se reunieron con Pryce después y decidieron seguir caminos separados, pero señalaron que "si el mundo alguna vez necesita ser salvado... y todos los buenos superhéroes están ocupados", se volverían a encontrar. [141]
Algún tiempo después, Lindsay McCabe, una amiga de Jessica Drew , le pidió a Jillian que la ayudara a encontrar a su amiga desaparecida. A ellas se les unió Julia Carpenter , Spider-Woman, quien se había encontrado con el traje de Spider-Woman de Jessica moviéndose por sí solo. Jillian envió a las dos mujeres a la dimensión del Devorador del Vacío, donde Jessica estaba prisionera. Re-potenciada por su traje, Jessica escapó del Devorador del Vacío con Lindsay y Spider-Woman. Jillian cerró el portal al reino del Devorador del Vacío antes de que la criatura pudiera seguirlas de regreso. [142]
Jillian es vista hablando por teléfono con un representante de Roxxon Oil , acordando hablar con ellos sobre una oferta de trabajo que le habían hecho. [143] Se encuentra con los Thunderbolts en su camino a la entrevista y usa sus poderes para proteger a los civiles de Venom antes de unirse a Steel Spider y American Eagle para luchar contra el resto del equipo. Al lograr llegar a Roxxon Oil justo a tiempo, negocia una nueva vida fuera del suelo estadounidense. [144]
Sepulchre regresó a Estados Unidos, tras el colapso del régimen de Norman Osborn y su iniciativa Thunderbolts, y fue vista por última vez participando en una entrevista de trabajo para un trabajo de niñera con Jessica Jones y Luke Cage, pero se frustra cada vez más con la aparente mala pronunciación de su nombre, regañando repetidamente a Jones y Cage y volviendo a escribir su nombre una y otra vez, lo que resulta en su eventual rechazo. [145]
La manipulación de la energía de Darkforce le permite a Jillian volar, generar campos de oscuridad, desfasarse y fusionarse con sombras.
Set es la deidad principal, un dios serpiente o "archidemonio", del pueblo estigio en las historias de Robert E. Howard sobre Conan el Bárbaro en la Era Hiboria . Aparentemente es una amalgama del nombre del dios egipcio Set con la apariencia/características tanto de Apep como de un monstruo de la mitología griega conocido como la Hidra de Lerna .
Set aparece en Conan el Aventurero , con la voz de Richard Newman . Esta versión es una cobra real gigante .
Juston Seyfert es un personaje que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Juston Seyfert es un adolescente humano común y corriente atormentado por los estudiantes de último año de la escuela secundaria Antigo en Wisconsin. Vive con su hermano menor Chris y su padre Peter (que opera un depósito de chatarra al que se encuentra su casa adyacente). Su madre Jen se fue de la casa hace años. Al ser pobre, Juston debe ser creativo para encontrar diversión y pasa los días jugando en el depósito de chatarra o construyendo robots con piezas de repuesto. Más tarde descubre, reconstruye y reprograma los restos de un Centinela que encontró. [146] [147] [148] [149] [150] [ 151] [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [157] [158]
Después de Fear Itself , Juston y su Centinela aparecen como estudiantes en la renovada Academia de los Vengadores. [159] [160] El Centinela ahora cuenta con una cabina para llevar a Juston durante la batalla y ha adquirido las habilidades avanzadas de autorreparación de los Centinelas de la última generación. A pesar de que Juston esperaba ser un héroe junto con su Centinela, no pudo erradicar por completo el protocolo "Destruir a todos los mutantes" de su IA. En cambio, como solución alternativa, implantó una larga serie de directivas, cada una con una prioridad más alta que el programa original, como "Proteger a Juston y sus amigos", "Defender a la humanidad" y " Preservarse a sí mismo a menos que eso no contradiga las directivas anteriores ". [161]
Durante la historia de Avengers vs. X-Men , Emma Frost (que posee una fracción de la Fuerza Fénix ) llega para destruir el Centinela de Juston, viéndolo como una amenaza para la raza mutante. Se sacrifica para salvarlo antes de ser reconstruido por Quicksilver y Giant-Man . [162]
En Avengers Arena , Juston es secuestrado por Arcade y obligado a luchar en Murderworld. [163] [164] Queda paralizado después de que su Centinela se estrella y luego es asesinado por Apex, quien roba el Centinela. [165] [166] [167]
Shape es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. El personaje fue creado por Mark Gruenwald y está basado vagamente en Plastic Man .
Shape (nombre real Raleigh Lund ) nació en Simak, Lowengard, en los Estados Unidos de la Tierra alternativa del Escuadrón Supremo , Tierra-712 . Aunque parece ser un hombre adulto, su desarrollo emocional e intelectual es comparable al de un niño. Originalmente, era miembro del criminal Instituto del Mal , los archienemigos del Escuadrón, aunque, al carecer de intenciones criminales sinceras, seguía principalmente el ejemplo del líder del equipo Ape-X , que había sido su amigo "durante años y años". Después de que el Instituto del Mal perdiera una batalla contra el Escuadrón, [168] todos los miembros del instituto se sometieron a una modificación de conducta, sus antecedentes penales fueron perdonados y todos se unieron al Escuadrón. [168] Ahora, como cruzado público y aventurero, Shape ayudó a supervisar la fabricación de cinturones de campo de fuerza. [169] También ayudó a sus compañeros superhéroes y cuidó a los tres hijos de Arcanna Jones, volviéndose especialmente cercano a Drusilla Jones. [170] Finalmente, la modificación de conducta fue revertida por los oponentes del Escuadrón, los Redentores , pero Shape, que nunca había sido un criminal de corazón en primer lugar, aún eligió ponerse del lado del Escuadrón contra Nighthawk y los Redentores. Después de la batalla, Shape ayudó a llevar a la embarazada Arcanna a la sala de partos después de que colapsara. [171]
Más tarde, Shape acompañó al Escuadrón en una lucha inútil contra el Nth Man . [172] Como resultado, Shape y el Escuadrón viajaron a la Tierra. Allí, Shape y Haywire fueron coaccionados mentalmente por la Mente Suprema para evitar que Quasar siguiera la nave espacial en la que la Mente Suprema había secuestrado al Escuadrón Supremo. [173]
Miriam Sharpe es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Todo lo que se sabe sobre Sharpe antes de la historia de la Guerra Civil es que estaba casada; era residente de Stamford , Connecticut; y tenía un hijo pequeño llamado Damien que asistía a la escuela primaria de Stamford. Su hijo estaba en la escuela el día en que una pelea entre los Nuevos Guerreros y varios supervillanos destruyó gran parte de Stamford, incluida la escuela primaria. Después de la muerte de su hijo, Sharpe se convirtió en la voz más poderosa del emergente Movimiento Pro-Registro , exigiendo que el gobierno aprobara la Ley de Registro de Superhumanos (SHRA). En un servicio conmemorativo para las víctimas del ataque de Stamford, Sharpe tuvo una confrontación muy publicitada con Tony Stark donde acusó al benefactor de los Vengadores de estar allí solo para "jugar al héroe". Fue esta confrontación con Sharpe lo que convenció a Stark de defender también la Ley de Registro como Iron Man. Sin embargo, Stark de hecho ya había estado apoyando encubiertamente la Ley de Registro incluso antes del desastre de Stamford. Sharpe es ampliamente reconocida por los expertos como una brillante operadora política. En las semanas posteriores al desastre de Stamford, logró crear una base de apoyo que reuniría a cientos de personas para marchar hacia la Casa Blanca, influir en los superhumanos y, finalmente, convencer al Congreso y al presidente para que aprobaran la ley de registro de superhumanos. [174]
Sharpe apareció en el escenario en la conferencia de prensa donde Spider-Man se desenmascaró como uno de los primeros partidarios públicos. [175] Sharpe asistió al funeral de Bill Foster después de que un clon cyborg de Thor lo matara . Ella volvería a hablar con Iron Man, esta vez para reforzar el compromiso de Iron Man con la SHRA y al mismo tiempo comparar a "Thor" matando a Bill Foster con un policía matando a un matón. También le dio un modelo de Iron Man, el juguete favorito de su hijo, para recordarle a Iron Man por qué estaban luchando. [176] Wolverine también buscaría a Sharpe para contarle la historia de traer justicia a Nitro y al ex director ejecutivo de Damage Control Inc. Walter Declun (quien le dio a Nitro pastillas de hormona de crecimiento mutante para aumentar la energía que resultó en la destrucción de Stamford y le dio a Declum muchos contratos rentables para la reconstrucción). [177]
Stark le muestra una serie de jardines creados como un monumento a los niños perdidos en el incidente de Stamford. Es aquí donde Sharpe agradece tanto a Stark como a Mister Fantastic por respaldar su idea del registro de superhéroes a pesar de sus efectos secundarios negativos. [178] Sharpe se une a Stark después de la batalla culminante para discutir el futuro a raíz de la victoria de Pro-Registro. Mientras discuten los planes futuros, incluido el reciente ascenso de Stark a Director de SHIELD, Sharpe le dice a Stark que finalmente ha comenzado a creer en los superhéroes nuevamente, gracias a Stark. [179] A la luz de la relación pública entre Stark y Maya Hansen , la creadora del virus Extremis , a quien Sharpe considera una asesina en masa, Sharpe acudió al programa de televisión Viewpoint para atacar públicamente al gobierno por apoyar a Hansen. [180] Sharpe luego está presente para apoyar el nombramiento de Ultra Girl como directora de Junior Guardsmen, una rama juvenil de la Iniciativa, similar al programa JROTC . [181]
Durante la historia de " Fear Itself " de 2011, salva al sobreviviente Nuevo Guerrero Robbie Baldwin (Speedball), quien estuvo involucrado en el Incidente de Stamford, de una turba enojada en el momento en que Serpent y su Worthy estaban causando miedo y caos en todo el mundo. Durante este tiempo, ella perdonó a Speedball por lo que sucedió en Stamford. [182] Ella le dice a la turba que no cree que Baldwin haya matado a su hijo, que el villano al que atacó irresponsablemente lo hizo. Miriam llega a comprender que el mundo entero está bajo el ataque de una misteriosa fuerza de destrucción y que los recursos de Baldwin como asociado de los Vengadores y el entrenamiento de recuperación de desastres de Miriam pueden hacer el bien. Trabajan juntos para ayudar a las pequeñas ciudades a las que los Vengadores aún no han llegado. [183]
Miriam Sharpe aparece en Capitán América: Civil War , interpretada por Alfre Woodard . El hijo de esta versión fue asesinado durante la batalla de los Vengadores en Sokovia en Vengadores: La era de Ultrón . Ella culpa a los Vengadores por esto y se enfrenta a Tony Stark, lo que lo impulsa a apoyar los Acuerdos de Sokovia . [184]
Shathra es una criatura insectoide del Plano Astral y el tótem de la avispa araña , al igual que se rumorea que Spider-Man es un tótem de la araña. Ella es la cocreadora de la Red de la Vida y el Destino que se transformó en su estado actual después de que sus contribuciones no fueran reconocidas. [185] [186] [187] [188] [189]
Shathra posee habilidades físicas sobrehumanas y la capacidad de disparar aguijones paralizantes desde sus muñecas. Spider-Man luego adquirió esta habilidad (temporalmente) durante la historia de The Other .
Shatterax (Roco-Bai) fue creado por Len Kaminski y Paul Ryan e hizo su primera aparición en Iron Man #278 en marzo de 1992.
Roco-Bai era miembro de una nueva generación de soldados cyborg Kree , denominados tecno-guerreros, y luchó contra el superhéroe Iron Man durante la Guerra Kree-Shi'ar . [190] Y más tarde, se unió a Starforce . [191]
Durante la historia de Aniquilación: Conquista , él junto con Kree fueron infectados por la Falange , convirtiéndose en uno de sus seleccionados y participaron en el asalto contra Adam Warlock , sin embargo fallaron. [192]
Shinobi Shaw , también conocido como el Rey Negro del Club del Fuego Infernal , es un supervillano que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. El personaje suele representarse como un adversario de los X-Men y sus equipos afiliados. Creado por Chris Claremont , Jim Lee y Whilce Portacio , el personaje apareció por primera vez en X-Factor #67 (junio de 1991). Es hijo del ex Rey Negro Sebastian Shaw y es un mutante con la capacidad de controlar la densidad de su propio cuerpo.
Shinobi es el hijo adoptivo de Sebastian Shaw, el líder del Club Fuego Infernal. En su primera aparición, se revela que Shaw está involucrado en los Upstarts , un grupo formado por Siena Blaze , Fabian Cortez , Trevor Fitzroy y los miembros en prueba Andreas y Andrea Strucker (de Fenris ), quienes fueron manipulados por el Gamemaster y originalmente Selene para competir en un "juego" que involucraba matar mutantes prominentes y obtener puntos por cada muerte. Shinobi eligió a su propio padre como objetivo y se dispuso a asesinarlo, ya que Shinobi creció odiando a su padre por el trato que había recibido en sus manos. Primero, se involucró en una serie de maquinaciones financieras para arruinar a su padre, logró comprar Shaw Industries, la colección de empresas de su padre, debajo de sus narices. Después de llevarlo a la bancarrota, Shinobi confrontó audazmente a su padre en el chalet privado de Sebastian en Suiza y reveló cómo ahora era dueño de Shaw Industries. También se burló cruelmente de su padre al sugerir que tal vez el difunto Harry Leland, colega de Sebastian del Club Fuego Infernal, podría ser su verdadero padre, basándose en los poderes similares de Shinobi y Harry. Finalmente, Shinobi metió la mano en el pecho de Sebastian y le provocó un ataque cardíaco. El chalet fue destruido en una explosión, con Shinobi aparentemente como el único sobreviviente. [193] Shaw puede tomar brevemente el control del Club Fuego Infernal, asumiendo el manto del Rey Negro [ volumen y número necesarios ] . En sus primeros años, Shinobi a menudo se rodeaba de hombres y mujeres escasamente vestidos. [194]
La eliminación de su padre por parte de Shinobi lo puso por delante en la clasificación de los Upstarts, convirtiéndolo en el favorito en el juego. Shinobi disfrutó de su nueva riqueza y gloria, y sus diversos sirvientes atendieron todos sus caprichos en sus lujosos apartamentos en Nueva York y Tokio. Sin embargo, su rival Upstart, Trevor Fitzroy, codiciaba el primer puesto de los Upstarts para sí mismo. Con un nuevo y mejorado grupo de Centinelas, orquestó la masacre de la mayoría de los Reavers, Hellions y Emma Frost, la Reina Blanca del Club del Fuego Infernal. Fitzroy llevó a Frost sin vida a Shinobi como prueba y exigió que le entregara el anillo de Sebastian, que Shinobi usaba como símbolo de poder. Cuando Shinobi se negó a renunciar a él, Fitzroy cortó resueltamente el dedo de Shinobi que llevaba el anillo y se apoderó de él. Después de que Shinobi hizo que sus propios Centinelas le volvieran a colocar el dedo, persiguió a Fitzroy y lo localizó en su base secreta en un iceberg en el Círculo Polar Ártico. Los hombres de Shinobi capturaron a Fitzroy y Shinobi recuperó el anillo. También le informó alegremente a Fitzroy que el Gamesmaster, el coordinador del juego Upstarts, había dictaminado este altercado entre los dos hombres a favor de Shinobi. Al enterarse de que los X-Men también estaban en la base de Fitzroy en ese momento, Shinobi intentó promover sus logros en Upstarts y acabar con todo el equipo con algunas explosiones que organizó, sin embargo, fracasó. [195]
La posición de liderazgo de Shinobi entre los Upstarts duró poco. Su compañero competidor Fabian Cortez afirmó haber matado a Magneto y se convirtió en el favorito en el juego. Cuando Cortez objetó firmemente la inclusión de un humano, Graydon Creed , entre los Upstarts, Shinobi trató de calmarlo recordándole que los Upstarts se originaron como un juego de escapismo de diversión para niños ricos, aburridos y malcriados. [196] Durante otro de estos juegos, los Upstarts apuntan a los miembros sobrevivientes de los Nuevos Mutantes y los Hellions , pero son derrotados por las fuerzas combinadas de X-Force y los Nuevos Guerreros . [197] Casi al mismo tiempo, ansioso por devolver al Círculo Interno su antigua gloria, Shaw se acerca a Betsy Braddock y Warren Worthington , intentando convencerlos de que se conviertan en parte del Círculo Interno. Sin embargo, ambos X-Men se niegan. [ volumen y número necesarios ] [198] También intentó alistar a Storm bajo las órdenes de Candra como miembro, pero ella también se negó. [199] Todavía operando con el Club Fuego Infernal, organiza un intento de asesinato contra el editor del Daily Bugle , J. Jonah Jameson, pero su juego de poder es frustrado por Spider-Man y un puñado de X-Men. [200]
Después de enterarse de que su padre estaba vivo, Shinobi, presumiblemente por temor a represalias por su intento de asesinato, abandonó todas sus posiciones heredadas y regresó a un modo de vida más secreto, lo que le permitió a Sebastian tomar el control del Club Hellfire. Shinobi luego trabajó con Spiral y Mindmeld mientras experimentaban con los hermanos de Karma . Sin embargo, su asesino personal Clear-Cut lo traiciona y ayuda a X-Force a derrotarlo. [201]
Como resultado de las acciones de la Bruja Escarlata, casi todos los mutantes en todo el mundo fueron despojados de sus poderes. Se confirma que Shinobi es uno de los pocos mutantes que conservaron sus poderes después de la historia de " Discimation " de 2005. [202] Cuando Selene intentó ascender a la categoría de diosa, se reveló que Shinobi fue encontrado y asesinado por su padre en algún momento, ya que Selene lo resucitó con el virus tecnoorgánico y lo envió con Harry Leland para matar a su padre y Donald Pierce . [203] Selene fue finalmente derrotada y el destino de Shinobi quedó incierto. [204]
Más tarde se revela que Shinobi está vivo y reunió a los Upstarts nuevamente para matar a los Nasty Boys y atraer a los X-Men. Los Upstarts son neutralizados rápidamente y después de descubrir que los X-Men estaban trabajando sin saberlo para Emma Frost, Shinobi usó sus propios poderes mutantes para suicidarse atravesando su cabeza con la mano antes de murmurar que Emma Frost no lo atraparía. [205] En el relanzamiento de 2019 de los cómics de X-Men, Shinobi fue resucitado en Krakoa por The Five y puesto bajo el cuidado de su padre, quien lo nombró Obispo Negro de la Hellfire Trading Company. Shinobi desconocía las circunstancias de su muerte, y su padre le dijo que Emma Frost y Kate Pryde conspiraron para matarlo. [206] Después de que Kate Pride es asesinada y la traición de Shaw se revela a través de Lockheed, Emma llama inmediatamente a Callisto para que vaya tras Shinobi, quien estaba teniendo una reunión con Christian Frost, con quien estaba empezando a salir. [207] Con Cal como su guardaespaldas, Emma lee la mente de Shinobi y descubre que él no sabía las intenciones de su padre. Más tarde, Emma se burla de Sebastian al cuestionar su parentesco con Shinobi. Se revela que Shinobi es, de hecho, el hijo ilegítimo de Harry Leland. [208]
She-Hulk es el nombre de diferentes personajes que aparecen en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Durante la historia de " Ultimate Invasion ", Maker viajó a la Tierra-6160 y la rehizo a su propia imagen. Lejori Zakaria es un nativo del Pacífico Sur que fue mutado por la bomba gamma de Bruce Banner . Después de encontrarse con Iron Lad , Thor y Sif , aceptan ayudar a restaurar la isla a lo que era antes. [210]
Sheath es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Sheath es una inhumana con fragmentos de metal que sobresalen de su cuerpo.
Sheath aparece en la franquicia Marvel Rising , con la voz de Bennett Abara . [211] Esta versión fue responsable de la muerte del amigo inhumano de Ghost-Spider, Kevin, y es un aliado de Exile. En Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts , Sheath y Exile son derrotados por los Guerreros Secretos y son entregados a George Stacy y sus compañeros policías con evidencia de que Ghost-Spider no mató a Kevin.
Shift es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Shift es uno de los tres clones de Miles Morales que fueron creados por Assessor. [212]
Randall Shire es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Randall Shire es un mutante que dirigía un pequeño carnaval ambulante en Australia, compuesto enteramente por mutantes de bajo nivel que pretendían ser simples artistas de espectáculos secundarios.
SHOC es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. Fue creado por Howard Mackie y John Romita Jr. en Spider-Man #76 (1997).
Todd Fields es el hijo del Dr. William Fields, quien trabajó para HYDRA en el proyecto SHOC (Conducto Ocultotécnico Subdimensional Basado en Humanos). La idea detrás de esto era usar una tecnología altamente evolucionada que se conecta a la dimensión misteriosa de la Fuerza Oscura . Fue convertida en una armadura por el Doctor William Fields, y tiene las capacidades de Capa , como derretir sombras y proyectar la energía de la Fuerza Oscura en la armadura para modificar su forma. El primer sujeto del Dr. Fields fue un hombre que llegaría a ser conocido como Loxias Crown , sin embargo, Crown tenía su propia agenda oculta y mató al Dr. Fields junto con muchos otros agentes de Hydra y estaba planeando usar la tecnología de SHOC para conquistar el mundo. Todd era un niño cuando presenció la muerte de su padre, lo que lo traumatizó mucho. Sin embargo, su padre le dejó a Todd componentes clave para que Todd rastreara y robara otra armadura SHOC y se vinculara con ella. Todd luego se convirtió en SHOC y juró vengarse de Crown por asesinar a su padre. [213]
Después de que Todd vio a su padre asesinado por agentes de Hydra, quedó devastado. Años después, como un hombre adulto, se convertiría en el nuevo SHOC y un héroe. Se asoció con Spider-Man varias veces y luchó contra Don Fortunato por el paradero de Crown, y fue dirigido a Hammerhead, quien le informó que el vampiro viviente Michael Morbius había sido capturado por la Dra. Andrea Janson. Hammerhead mató a la Dra. Andrea Janson, la amante de Crown, para atraerlo. Durante el enfrentamiento, Hammerhead resultó gravemente herido y SHOC descubrió una forma de derrotar a Crown, haciéndole drenar el poder de la nave de HYDRA, sobrecargándolo. Crown luego regresó como Hunger, un vampiro, y luchó contra Blade y Spider-Man. Sin embargo, SHOC estaba llegando a un acuerdo consigo mismo, ya que la armadura lo estaba matando, como lo hizo con Crown.
Mientras intentaba enderezar su vida, Todd fue emboscado por la Mano y fue asesinado, solo para ser resucitado, lavado de cerebro y usado como arma contra Wolverine en Wolverine: Enemy of the State . Afortunadamente, SHIELD pudo detener la influencia de Hydra y revertir el lavado de cerebro. Su memoria se está recuperando lentamente y se ha convertido en un héroe una vez más. [214]
La armadura SHOC con la que estaba vinculado le permitía acceder a armas de alta potencia que no requerían recargarse, ya que funcionaban con la Darkforce. Podía utilizar la combinación de tecnología y energías místicas para mejorar su fuerza, velocidad, volar (creando alas Darkforce), teletransportarse, fundirse en las sombras, crear garras y otras armas a partir de su cuerpo y escudo de energías Darkforce.
Shotgun ( Jensen "JR" Walker ) es un personaje ficticio del Universo Marvel. El personaje, creado por Ann Nocenti y John Romita Jr., apareció por primera vez en Daredevil #271 (octubre de 1989).
JR Walker fue soldado del ejército de los Estados Unidos antes de convertirse en un asesino que trabajaba para la CIA . La CIA y Skip Ash enviaron a Shotgun a recuperar a una joven rubia conocida como Número 9. Terminó luchando contra Daredevil . [215]
En un momento dado, trabajó codo a codo con Punisher, uniéndose para destruir a la familia criminal Carbone. Shotgun había sido contratada para hacer esto porque la familia Carbone no eran los mafiosos "dóciles" que disfrutaba el gobierno. Shotgun salva las vidas de Punisher y su aliado Mickey Fondozzi . Shotgun y Punisher luego trabajan para masacrar a una isla aislada llena de miembros de la mafia internacional. Esta batalla en particular resulta en la destrucción de la mayor parte de la familia Carbone, y Rosalie Carbone queda a cargo. [216]
El día en que Randy Robertson y Janice Lincoln estaban a punto de casarse, Shotgun irrumpió en la boda con su motocicleta, donde usó balas especiales para herir a Tombstone . Mientras Tombstone era llevado al hospital, Spider-Man persiguió a Shotgun, quien logró evadirlo. [82]
Durante la historia de " Gang War ", Shotgun observa a Spider-Man y She-Hulk luchar contra los monstruos invasores de Monster Metropolis cuando recibe una llamada que dice que Tombstone está despierto. [83] Shogtun estaba con Madame Masque cuando los hombres de Hammerhead vienen a buscar a Hammerhead. Se mostró que tenía al derrotado Conde Nefaria y la cabeza de Silvermane en sus brazos mientras los arroja al suelo. [84] Shotgun le da a Madame Masque un estado en las guerras de pandillas y la adquisición del antiguo territorio de Crime Master . [217] Resulta que Shotgun está siendo controlado por un hechizo mágico que Madame Masque dominó mientras lanza un hechizo para renovarlo después de que Shotgun mencionó a sus "antiguos jefes". Él y un Conde Nefaria y Silvermane controlados mentalmente estaban con Madame Masque cuando se enfrentaron a Beetle y sus seguidores en Central Park. [86] Durante la pelea en Central Park, Tombstone sometió a Shotgun lo suficiente como para romper el sigilo de control mental. Mientras menciona su nombre completo y ocupación, Shotgun le dice a Tombstone que el gobierno de los EE. UU. tiene los archivos de todos los señores del crimen, incluida Janice Lincoln, ya que Madame Masque lo controló mentalmente antes de que pueda eliminarla. Tombstone luego noquea a Shotgun. [87] Recuperando la conciencia, Shotgun dispara los sigilos de control mental del Conde Nefaria y Silvermane antes de huir. [88]
Shotgun es un hombre atlético sin poderes sobrehumanos, un combatiente cuerpo a cuerpo con gran experiencia y un tirador experto con la mayoría de las armas de fuego conocidas. Shotgun lleva Kevlar (armadura corporal) para protegerse. Utiliza un rifle sin retroceso de alta potencia que dispara una variedad de municiones explosivas, contundentes, combustibles y desintegrantes, y también tiene un tanque especialmente diseñado para una sola persona. El equipo de Shotgun fue diseñado por el departamento de investigación y diseño de armamento de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia.
Shriker es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. Su alter ego es Jack D'Auria , el mejor amigo de Danny Ketch . Jack tiene un amplio entrenamiento en artes marciales y domina todas las disciplinas.
Jack creció como amigo de Dan Ketch. También estudió artes marciales con el sensei Yugi Watanabe. Un día, una pandilla de motociclistas entró en el garaje que Dan y Jack frecuentaban. Estaban huyendo de Mister Hyde y encerraron a los dos. Dan se convirtió en Ghost Rider y derrotó al grupo, así como a Hyde. [218] Más tarde, Jack y su sensei fueron atacados por Deathwatch . Jack resultó herido y luego fue secuestrado del hospital. Sin embargo, Ghost Rider pudo liberarlo con la ayuda del hijo de Yugi, Brass (Sean Watanabe) y Wolverine. [ volumen y número necesarios ] Algún tiempo después, Ghost Rider se encontró asistido por el misterioso Shriker. Jack finalmente reveló que él era Shriker. Sin embargo, Dan le pidió que se mantuviera alejado de los conflictos de Ghost Rider, ya que las cosas se estaban volviendo demasiado peligrosas. [ volumen y número necesarios ]
Después de la Guerra Civil de superhéroes, Shriker fue considerado candidato para la Iniciativa Vengadores . Se desconoce si llegó a inscribirse, ya que vivía en Canadá y, por lo tanto, fuera de la jurisdicción de Tony Stark .
Shrunken Bones es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Jerry Morgan es un genio en las ciencias orgánicas y trabajó como biólogo y bioquímico antes de convertirse en un criminal profesional. Morgan experimentó en la compresión celular, y una vez logró reducir su propio tamaño, utilizando un gas similar al utilizado por Hank Pym para reducir su propio tamaño. Sin embargo, un experimento posterior redujo un poco el tamaño del esqueleto de Morgan, dejando su piel colgando suelta de sus huesos. [219] Morgan más tarde se unió a los Headmen en su búsqueda para usar sus talentos intelectuales para tomar el control del mundo. [220] El Dr. Jerold Morgan apareció por primera vez en World of Fantasy # 11 (abril de 1958), y fue creado por Angelo Torres . Esta historia fue reimpresa en Weird Wonder Tales # 7 (diciembre de 1974).
Sibercat es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Siberian Tiger (rebautizado como Sibercat en Soviet Super Soldiers #1) era un miembro del grupo mutante clandestino del padre Garnoff en Rusia. Trabajaron con el X-Factor original para atacar el laboratorio del Doppelganger.
Más tarde, ayudaron a los Supersoldados soviéticos mutantes originales a escapar de la captura del gobierno. Un cíborg llamado Firefox mató a la mayoría de los compañeros de equipo de Illich, lo que llevó a él y al padre Garnoff a unirse a sus nuevos aliados en los Supersoldados, formando un grupo llamado alternativamente los Exiliados o Siberforce.
Algún tiempo después, Sibercat se convirtió en miembro de la Guardia de Invierno cuando Siberforce y el Protectorado del Pueblo se fusionaron en un solo grupo. El grupo luchó contra el Mandarín cuando su "Dragón del Cielo" entró en el espacio aéreo ruso.
Los poderes de Sibercat consistían en una transformación similar a la teriantropía en una forma felina/humanoide. La mutación felina de Sibercat le otorgaba mayor fuerza, velocidad, agilidad, resistencia, reflejos "felinos", sentidos mejorados, un factor de curación y garras.
Siege ( John Kelly ) es un personaje ficticio. El personaje apareció por primera vez en Marvel Comics Presents #62 (septiembre de 1990), creado por Dwayne McDuffie , Gregory Wright y Jackson Guice .
Después de realizar ingeniería inversa y deconstruir el cuerpo del Deathlok original, Luther Manning, Harlan Ryker de la subsidiaria de Roxxon Oil , Cybertek Systems, construyó un prototipo de un nuevo y mejorado cíborg Deathlok. El coronel John Kelly, un veterano privado de sus derechos de la guerra de Vietnam que había sido despedido recientemente de su trabajo como oficial de policía, se ofreció como voluntario para convertirse en un conejillo de indias científico, sirviendo como base de software para el proyecto de Ryker. Los restos del cuerpo original de John Kelly se han incorporado a la estructura del cíborg Deathlok. Sin embargo, en su primera salida como el soldado profesional Deathlok, se rebeló contra los objetivos de misión preprogramados de su computadora y el sistema informático a bordo electrocutó su cerebro al determinar que Kelly estaba "funcionando mal". [221]
Algún tiempo después, después de que Michael Collins había estado operando como Deathlok durante varios meses, los restos del cerebro de John Kelly fueron mutados en la horrible criatura llamada Biohazard . [222] Collins luego descubrió dentro de los bancos de datos de la computadora Deathlok un archivo llamado "John Kelly". Al abrir este archivo, descubrió una copia de la conciencia de John Kelly preservada como datos puros que habitaban el archivo en un estado latente. Al abrir el archivo, la copia de Kelly infectó el propio cerebro de Michael Collins operando como una segunda conciencia para disgusto de ambos. [223] Sin embargo, esta situación no persistió por mucho tiempo, ya que poco después Deathlok descubrió que Harlan Ryker estaba trabajando en una nueva serie de soldados cyborg mucho mejores, esta vez con cerebros lobotomizados para evitar los problemas que había experimentado con Kelly y Collins. Durante la batalla que siguió, la copia de la conciencia de Kelly se transfirió a la mente de uno de los cyborgs más nuevos, liberando a Collins de ser el anfitrión de su invitado no deseado y devolviéndole a Kelly una apariencia de vida. Como cyborg, con Deathlok, Silver Sable y el Wild Pack , luchó contra Mainframe, Ben Jacobs y los Cyberwarriors. Kelly se bautizó a sí mismo como Siege en honor a un apodo que le había dado un viejo compañero de guerra. [224] Con Deathlok y Coldblood , luchó contra Harlan Ryker, Mainframe, Ben Jacobs y los Cyberwarriors. [225]
Siege operó como mercenario durante algún tiempo trabajando para Silver Sable, SHIELD y varios otros. Con Silver Sable, Wild Pack, Next Wave y los Caballeros de Wundagore , luchó contra la Coalición Génesis y los Cyberwarriors. [226] Derrotó un ataque aéreo contra las tropas estadounidenses por parte de una potencia extranjera hostil en el Medio Oriente. [227] Con Deathlok, luchó contra Timestream y sus mercenarios en Australia. [228] Con Deathlok, experimentó la epifanía de la Diosa . [229] Junto a Daredevil , luchó contra Venom y la Mano. [230] Con Deathlok y Godwulf, luchó contra Timestream, Demolisher y Luther Manning en el pasado. [231]
Durante la Guerra Civil de Superhéroes, Siege se unió a la Iniciativa y fue asignado para liderar el equipo estatal de Florida, el Comando, junto con Wundarr el Acuario , Jennifer Kale y el Conquistador. El equipo investiga un disturbio en el pantano de Citrusville (hogar del Hombre Cosa y el Nexo de todas las Realidades). El Conquistador es destrozado. Wundarr está infectado pero se purga. Siege es mordido en la cara por un zombi y, a pesar de su naturaleza cibernética, también se convirtió rápidamente. Ataca a Jennifer Kale, diciendo que solo la quería en el equipo por su atuendo de "bikini bárbaro" que usaba anteriormente. Su computadora a bordo alerta a ARMOR sobre el hecho de que aparentemente estaba funcionando mal. La parte cyborg le dispara a la cabeza de Siege. [232]
Raymond Sikorski , a veces mal escrito como Sikorsky , es un personaje que aparece en Marvel Comics. El personaje, creado por Roger Stern y Bob Budiansky , apareció por primera vez en The Avengers #235 (junio de 1983).
Es un enlace del gobierno y colega de Henry Peter Gyrich . Sikorski se ocupó de los asuntos burocráticos relacionados con los Vengadores con menos obstrucciones, específicamente relacionados con Steve Rogers/Capitán América y Visión . [233] [234] [235] [236] Sikorski también trabaja para Roxxon . [143]
Raymond Sikorski aparece en Los Vengadores: Unidos Están Parados , con la voz de Ray Landry.
Silver Scorpion ( Elizabeth "Betsy" Barstow ) apareció por primera vez en Daring Mystery Comics #7 (abril de 1941), durante el período que los fanáticos e historiadores llaman la Edad de Oro de los cómics , y fue creada por Harry Sahle . [237] Firmó su historia de origen con el seudónimo de Jewell, que el historiador de cómics Michael J. Vassallo cree que marca una colaboración con otro artista desconocido. [238] Ella es la primera superheroína de Marvel Comics, después del personaje antihéroe Black Widow, que cosechó las almas de los malhechores para Satanás. [239]
Betty Barstow, secretaria del detective privado Dan Harley, usó un disfraz de superhéroe para un baile de máscaras y, en el camino, utilizó sus habilidades de jiu-jitsu y su perspicacia investigativa para resolver un caso que su empleador había rechazado. Disfrutándolo, continuó siendo una luchadora contra el crimen enmascarada. [240] Silver Scorpion es un miembro honorario de los Invasores. [ volumen y número necesarios ] Apareció con la Antorcha Humana de la Edad de Oro como personaje secundario. [ volumen y número necesarios ] Más tarde se unió a la Legión de la Libertad . [ volumen y número necesarios ]
En la historia de Los Vengadores/Invasores , Spider-Woman (que en realidad era la reina Skrull Veranke ) se disfrazó de Silver Scorpion cuando los Vengadores se encontraron atrapados en la era de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. [241]
Silver Squirrel es una ardilla antropomórfica y la versión animal de Silver Surfer.
Simian Torch es una versión mono y animal antropomórfica de la Antorcha Humana .
Roxanne Simpson es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje aparece por primera vez en Marvel Spotlight #5 (mayo de 1972) y fue creado por Gary Friedrich y Mike Ploog .
El padre de Roxanne, Crash Simpson, adoptó a Johnny Blaze después de la muerte de su padre Barton. Roxanne y Johnny se hicieron cercanos y se enamoraron. Cuando Johnny hizo el trato con Mephisto y se convirtió en su Ghost Rider , el alma pura y los encantamientos de Roxanne protegieron a Johnny de ser completamente tomado por Mephisto. Desde entonces, Roxanne se convirtió en lo que se interponía en el camino de los objetivos de Mephisto. [242] Roxanne eventualmente sería engañada para rescindir su protección sobre Johnny, pero Mephisto aún sería derrotado. Después de esto, Roxanne sintió que era hora de seguir adelante y descubrir quién era ella. [243] Más tarde fue tomada por el demonio Legion, quien la convirtió en Katy Milner. [244] Con la ayuda de Daimon Hellstrom , Johnny la liberó y Roxanne volvió a la normalidad. [245]
When Danny Ketch became the new Ghost Rider, Roxanne settled with Johnny and together had two children, Craig and Emma.[246] Their happiness would come to an abrupt end when Anton Hellgate would murder Roxanne.[247] She was later brought back to life and transformed by Blackheart into Black Rose where she battled both Johnny and Danny. She was ultimately freed by Noble Kale before disappearing again.[248][249] At some point, Roxanne and her children died and went to heaven.[250]
In Ultimate Marvel, Roxanne is murdered by a Satan worshipping biker gang along with Johnny while they were on a cross country road trip. Johnny made a deal with Mephisto to resurrect Roxanne in exchange for being his agent to exact vengeance on those who sin. Roxanne has a new life with a new husband and no memory of her death.[251]
Roxanne Simpson appears in Ghost Rider, primarily portrayed by Eva Mendes and by Raquel Alessi as a teenager. This version is a news reporter who reunites with Johnny after he is forced to leave her when they were teenagers.
Sise-Neg is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Marvel Premiere #13 (January 1974) and was created by Steve Englehart, Neal Adams and Frank Brunner.
Sise-Neg (genesis spelled backwards) is a 31st-century sorcerer who attempts to become omnipotent by time traveling back through history and collecting magical energy. While in 18th century Paris impersonating the magician Cagliostro, he encountered Doctor Strange, who was at the time searching for perennial foe Baron Mordo.
Despite opposition from Strange, Sise-Neg travels back to a prehistoric time on Earth when the demon Shuma-Gorath rules, and subsequently banishes the entity. Continuing to journey back in time, Sise-Neg reached the moment prior to the Big Bang that creates the universe and absorbs all the magic in the universe. Originally intending to recreate the universe in his image, Sise-Neg realizes that his quest to achieve godhood was pitiable, as reality is harmony and as it should be. He therefore decides to recreate the universe exactly as it was.[252]
Sister Dagger (Zheng Esme), also known as Deadly Dagger, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Gene Luen Yang, Dike Ruan, and Phillip Tan, she first appeared in Shang-Chi #1 and was introduced as the younger half-sister of Shang-Chi.
One of the many daughters of the sorcerer and crime lord Zheng Zu, Esme was raised in her father's Five Weapons Society as the Champion the House of the Deadly Dagger outside of Paris. Much like with her siblings and other Society members, Esme was raised in isolation, with her only knowledge of the outside world coming from YouTube.[253]
When Esme's half-sister Sister Hammer names herself as the new Supreme Commander of the Five Weapons Society over its rightful successor, Shang-Chi, Sister Dagger and her half-brother Brother Sabre approach Shang-Chi to usurp Hammer. Shang-Chi reluctantly joins them to free his remaining family from his father's cult.[254]
Although initially cold and hostile to him, Sister Dagger eventually warms to Shang-Chi and tells him her real name.[253]
Sister Dagger helps Shang-Chi defend London from Sister Hammer and her Jiangshi army. After their victory, Shang-Chi is named the new Supreme Commander of the Five Weapons Society and offers Sister Dagger a place at his side, who happily accepts.[255]
While Sister Dagger and Shang-Chi are investigating a rogue Society-operated drug ring in Manhattan, they team up with Spider-Man, a frequent ally and one-time martial arts student of Shang-Chi. Despite accepting Spider-Man's assistance, Shang-Chi does not tell him about the Society, much to Sister Dagger's frustration. Spider-Man is severely injured by the actions of the drug ring's leader, a former Society member named King Wild Man and after Sister Dagger accuses him of being ashamed of her, Shang-Chi reluctantly tells Spider-Man the truth about his family and new title.[256] Sister Dagger accompanies Shang-Chi on several more missions, including recruiting their mutant half-sister Zheng Zhilan as the new Sister Staff and rescuing Shang-Chi's mother Jiang Li from the Negative Zone.[257][258] After Brother Sabre's theft of a Cosmic Cube leads to an altercation between the Five Weapons Society and the Avengers, Shang-Chi hands Brother Sabre over to his superhero allies as a prisoner, which damages his relationship with Sister Dagger.[259]
Despite her anger towards him, Sister Dagger comes to Shang-Chi's aid when his grandfather Chieftain Xin kidnaps Jiang Li and begins targeting anyone possessing Zheng Zu's bloodline.[260][261] Sister Dagger reunites with Brother Sabre after she and her siblings rescue him from one of Xin's attacks and rescues Sister Hammer from Xin's Qilin Riders.[262] The reunited Champions travel to Jiang Li's and Xin's home dimension Ta-Lo and back to the House of the Deadly Hand in Chinatown, Manhattan to defend the Five Weapons Society with Jiang Li against Xin and the Riders, who are eventually defeated by Shang-Chi with the Ten Rings. Afterwards, Sister Dagger makes amends with Shang-Chi and returns to the House of the Deadly Dagger.[263][264] Sister Dagger would continue assisting Shang-Chi and the Society.[265]
A character based on Sister Dagger, Xu Xialing, appears in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, portrayed by Meng'er Zhang.[266] This version is Shang-Chi's sister who resents him for leaving her with their father, Wenwu, but reconciles with him. Xialing physically resembles Sister Dagger, possessing a black and white costume, bob cut hairstyle, and a rope dart as her main weapon, similar to Sister Dagger's preference for knives and daggers.
Skinner is a fictional villain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Howard Mackie and Adam Kubert.
Skinner first appeared in Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance #3 in 1992 and in other series such as Nightstalker and Morbius, the Living Vampire, as part of the "Siege of Darkness" storyline. He later appeared in the limited series Over the Edge
Skinner initially had a violent life, but he tried to abandon this and settled down with a wife, who bore him children. However, his wife Pilgrim and the supervillain Blackout went to his home in an attempt to get him to return to his life of crime. Skinner then embarked on a quest to kill Ghost Rider and Blaze. He encountered them in a diner and threatened to kill the people inside until Blaze bargained with Skinner that if he fled, Skinner could chase him. Blaze could have fled but instead he waited for Skinner, and the two fought. Here Skinner told Blaze that he had kill his own family so he could be committed to his mother, and so that they could not work for her. Skinner did slay his family so they would escape the attentions of Lilith.[volume & issue needed]
In battle, Blaze repeatedly shot Skinner with his shotgun, until Skinner was only a skeleton. He survived, however, but Ghost Rider arrived and killed him with hellfire. After they left, however, Skinner regenerated.
After this Skinner sought out new humans to steal their flesh so that he may appear human again. He decided he would wear his mother's flesh for revenge. He later attempted to kill Blaze and Ghost Rider again, this time by running then over with a stolen truck. A battle then followed, which Blaze would have lost had it not been to intervention from Lilith and Centurious appeared and abducted Blaze and Skinner, leaving Ghost Rider.[volume & issue needed]
Skinner later escaped, only to be captured again, this time by the government, who planned to use him in a research and containment center called the Black Hole. Skinner was operated on so that they could discovered what his flesh was made out of, and the center's supervisor, Spook, was cruel to Skinner and taunted him over the death of his family. Ghost Rider was later imprisoned in the center, which allowed Skinner to escape as well. Skinner then started a prison break, which caused Nick Fury, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers to come and try to keep the situation under control. During the riot Skinner attacked Ghost Rider. Ghost rider used his penance stare on Skinner, which did weakened Skinner and made Ghost Rider feel the pain of Skinner's victims.[volume & issue needed]
After escaping the Black Hole, Skinner, who pleased by the news of his mother's death, ended his feud with Blaze and Ghost Rider, and no longer pursued then for revenge. He was later captured and imprisoned in the Vault. After its destruction by the U-Foes, however, Skinner escaped and set out on a quest to kill those who he feels are responsible for the death of his family.[volume & issue needed]
Skragg is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Mike Friedrich and Jim Starlin, and first appeared in Captain Marvel vol. 1 #25 (November 1972). He is a Skrull, a member of the Children of Thanos, and the son of Raava. Skragg assisted the Super-Skrull against Captain Marvel, framing Rick Jones by impersonating the various enemies of Captain Marvel for confusion before Mar-Vell discovered the deception to which he is convinced to retreat.[267] Skragg was killed by Thanos.[268]
Skragg appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Troy Baker.[269] This version is an interrogator for the Skrull Empire.
Slab (Christopher Anderson), a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in X-Factor #74.
Slab is a mutant villain who is recruited by Mister Sinister to be part of his Nasty Boys and was the first team member to attack their nemesis, the government sponsored X-Factor team.[volume & issue needed] Slab climbs to the top of the Washington Monument and calls Strong Guy out to fight him, and they battle. When Slab shrinks to normal size to duck a punch, he causes Strong Guy to shatter and destroy the monument. Slab's battle is aided off-scenes by Senator Stephen Shaffran, who has the mutant power to manipulate probability, (including causing others to suffer bad luck while enjoying good luck himself).[volume & issue needed]
Slab was captured along with his teammate Hairbag and taken to a holding cell by X-Factor.[volume & issue needed] While he waits for his lawyer to negotiate bail, Slab and Hairbag are broken out of prison by the Mutant Liberation Front (of which Slab's sister Thumbelina is a member).[volume & issue needed] He is returned to the Nasty Boys shortly afterwards.[volume & issue needed] Slab has not been seen since the group's subsequent breakup. It is unknown if Slab retained his mutant powers after the M-Day.
Slab appears in X-Men: The Animated Series as a member of the Nasty Boys.
Victor "Vic" Slaughter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Len Kaminski, first appeared in Morbius: The Living Vampire #6 (December 1992).
A government-trained mercenary, he is a nemesis of Morbius and Wolverine.[270][271][272][273]
Slayback is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Primarily an enemy of Deadpool,[274] the character exists within Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Joe Madureira, the character first appeared in Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1 (August 1993).[275][276]
Claiming to have come from a wealthy and loving home, Australian-born Gregory Terraerton was at some point turned into a cyborg dubbed "Slayback" by the Weapon X Program. Slayback afterward became a mercenary and worked alongside fellow Weapon X members Deadpool, Garrison Kane, and Sluggo, as well as the mutant shapeshifter Copycat. Over time, Deadpool grew disgusted by Slayback's sociopathy and sadism and attempted to kill him by detonating his body. However, Slayback's healing factor enables him to regenerate over the next decade.[277]
Obsessed with getting revenge on Deadpool, Slayback stole files pertaining to him from Department K and attempted to force Kane into revealing Deadpool's whereabouts. Next, Slayback, aware that Deadpool was among the mercenaries competing for Tolliver's inheritance, discerned that it was located in a Nepalese temple, where he captured Copycat. When Deadpool, Kane and Weasel arrived to claim Tolliver's treasure, Slayback attacked them and fatally wounded Copycat. The android Zero, who had been among Tolliver's belongings, was reactivated by the battle and disintegrated Slayback.[277]
Slayback survived or was resurrected and went to work for Doctor Westergaard, who had Slayback capture Deadpool for use as a test subject for her experiments involving the Legacy Virus. Deadpool was rescued by Wolverine and Maverick while Slayback was abandoned and blown up by Westergaard.[278]
Allison Kemp later hired Slayback and T-Ray to help her kill Deadpool.[279][280] When Deadpool attacked Kemp's airship, Slayback panicked and attempted to flee via parachute pack, realizing too late that Deadpool had stuffed it full of explosives which detonated in mid-air as Slayback screamed, "Oh, fu-".[281] Slayback was subsequently shown running amok in Hell during a period of cosmic imbalance caused by Death being imprisoned by Eternity.[282]
The revived Slayback rejoined Weapon X and was seemingly killed yet again when a group of the organization's escaped test subjects stabbed and immolated him during Death of Wolverine.[283] Slayback afterward appeared as one of the villains vying for the Rigellian Recorder acquired by Deadpool and the Mercs for Money. When questioned about his return by an annoyed Deadpool, Slayback merely quips, "The kind of money being offered for killing you... is worth crawling outta the grave for!".[284]
Sligguth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Smart Alec (Alexander "Alec" Thorne) is a fictional mutant[citation needed] in Marvel Comics, and a member of Alpha Flight. He first appeared in Alpha Flight #1 (August 1983) and was created by John Byrne. He was unidentified in his first appearance and was not named until Alpha Flight #8.
The character subsequently appears in Alpha Flight #7 (February 1984), #11–13 (June–August 1984), and Alpha Flight Special (1992) in a flashback story.
Alec Thorne was born in London, England. As a mutant, he was contacted by James Hudson to be one of the first members to join Department H. Alec was also one of the first recruits to join The Flight, a precursor to Alpha Flight. In their first mission, they stopped the terrorist known as Egghead from launching a thermonuclear missile at the United States.[285] Later, after Hudson divided the team into three smaller groups, Thorne (as Smart Alec) began training in Gamma Flight.[286]
Sometime after Gamma Flight was disbanded, its members were contacted by Jerry Jaxon to join Omega Flight in his bid for vengeance against Hudson. During the fight between Omega Flight and Alpha Flight, Smart Alec was defeated when he looked in Shaman's magical medicine bag; the resulting mental shock shut down his mind. Shaman shrank him down to miniature size and placed him in the bag, until a way could be found to restore his mind.[287]
Snowbird was later forced to kill Sasquatch to vanquish the Great Beast, Tanaraq, who co-inhabited his body. His mind was eventually transferred into Box's robot body.[288] Langkowski's mind eventually entered Thorne's tiny body in an attempt to return to the human world. Thorne's body was finally killed when Langkowski merged his mind into the Box robot to defeat Pestilence, whose freed mind had inhabited the body of Snowbird (who was in the form of Sasquatch at the time), before Langkowski took over the Sasquatch body.[289]
Smart Alec appears as part of the "Omega Flight" entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9.
Smoke is a fictional character, a mutant villain in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Force #119 (August 2001). Smoke was killed by Wolverine in X-Force #120 (September 2001), while attempting to kill Orphan.
Smoke had the ability to generate smoke clouds and various gases, including toxic ones. His body appeared to be composed of smoke, though it was solid enough to be sliced in half by Wolverine's claws.
Snakes is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Snakes is a member of the new UK superhero team The Union. It has been released that Snakes represent Northern Ireland, but Snakes' powers have not been published to the public.[290]
Lieutenant Martin Soap is a fictional police officer, and ally of the Marvel Comics antihero the Punisher. He was created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and first appeared in The Punisher Volume 5, #2 (May 2000).
Moments after his birth, Soap was dropped on his head by a nurse. He was then abandoned at an orphanage in Dunmore, New Jersey, where he remained from 1971 to 1987. Soap was bullied by the staff and the other children, and during one unsuccessful attempt at running away he was inspired to become a police officer by the alcoholic detective who brought him back to the orphanage. Soap rose through the ranks of the NYPD to become a detective himself, despite all of his cases being botched by improbable events.[291][292]
When the Punisher resurfaces and declares war on the Gnucci crime family, Soap is assigned to the Punisher Task Force, a sinecure with only one other member, a neurotic behavioral psychologist named Buddy Plugg.[293] After Soap criticizes his profile of the Punisher, the distraught Plugg hangs himself in his and Soap's shared office.[294]
Soap is later approached by Molly von Richthofen, a lieutenant, and the sole member of another pointless task force, one supposedly dedicated to dismantling the Gnucci family.[295] The two join forces, and stake out Ma Gnucci's mansion, intending to step in and arrest whoever remains after the Punisher inevitably lays siege to the building. Over the course of their investigation, Soap and Molly become friends, and remain so even after Molly shoots down Soap's attempt to pursue a romantic relationship with her by revealing that she is a lesbian.[296][297][298][299][300][301][302] After killing Ma Gnucci and destroying her mansion, the Punisher confronts Soap and Molly, and offers them Ma's compromising photographs of the mayor and the police commissioner in exchange for all of the information that the NYPD has pertaining to the Vigilante Squad. With the photographs, Soap is able to blackmail his way into becoming the new commissioner; while Soap is basking in his good fortune, a bird defecates on his head.[303]
Soap is demoted back to detective and once again assigned to the Punisher Task Force after pictures of him soliciting a prostitute surface. The dismayed Soap attempts suicide, but is stopped by the Punisher, who convinces Soap to become his informant within the NYPD.[304][305] After Soap kills serial killer John "Bubba" Prong in self-defense, Soap is promoted to Lieutenant.[306]
Soap is later taken hostage by hired goons working for ruthless tabloid reporter Chuck Self, who forces the Punisher to take Self along with him while the Punisher spends a night killing gangsters and petty criminals. If Castle fails to comply with Self's orders, Self-will text-message his men to kill Soap. During the course of being chased by gang members and Mafiosos, Self is injured several times while the Punisher himself remained unscathed. Self is later killed by accidentally falling into a woodchipper, and Castle returns to save Soap by killing Self's thugs. The Punisher leaves Self's mangled corpse on the hood of his own car, then Castle and Soap walk away.[307]
Soap is seen as a bar regular, falsely believing the bartender, Kevin, to be one of his true friends. Kevin is amused by Soap's lack of awareness when choosing dates, including, but not limited to, a killer ex-con, a transvestite and a woman Kevin believes is Soap's own long-lost mother. When Soap nearly kills himself with a gun in the men's bathroom, Kevin intervenes, and Soap believes that it is out of concern for his well-being. But when Kevin makes a snarky comment because he didn't want a mess and preferred Soap to kill himself at his home, Soap snaps at Kevin, threatens him with his gun and terrifies him before storming off, having found self-confidence in himself. Soap tries to arrest the Punisher but fails to stop him. Soap then becomes despondent; Castle then tells Soap when things aren't getting better, to "just go".[308]
Soap leaves the NYPD, moves to Los Angeles and becomes a porn star. Up to that point, he had simply been unaware that he has large genitals.[308][292]
Sobunar III is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz, and first appeared in Planet-Size X-Men #1 (June 2021).
Sobunar is an axolotl-like omega-level mutant and member of the Council of Arakko whose ancestors also possessed aquatic traits. He has an aquatic ecosystem within his body, which he used to help terraform Mars.[311][312][313]
Candace "Candy" Southern is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Universe. She was created by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth, and first appeared in X-Men #31 (May 1967);[314] the character's name is a combination of a novel and its author.[315]
She was a former girlfriend of Warren Worthington III. Within the context of the stories, Candy partook in many adventures before being killed by Cameron Hodge.[316][317]
The Space Phantoms are a race of creatures appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Spear is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Jasper Daniels is the brother of a convict named Jack Daniels and an unnamed brother who operated as Mangler. When Jack was dying of an inoperable brain tumor, he was a candidate for the "Power Man" experiments. When Jack couldn't survive the early "Power Man" experiments, Spear blamed Dr. Noah Burstein and began developing identities that would serve him in his quest to avenge his brother.[318] Spear watched Noah Burnstein from the shadows. Noah noticed him but did not say anything to Power Man.[319] Spear fired on Dr. Burnstein while he was walking with Luke Cage and Claire Foster so that he can fight with Luke Cage. Despite Luke Cage's best efforts, Spear managed to do a near fatal shot on Dr. Burnstein and escaped. Shortly after the attack, Spear shot a hollow shaft with a message to Dr. Burnstein confirming his attack on him.[320] Spear later tracked Luke Cage's movements and was on hand to rescue Mangler after an ill-advised attack on Luke Cage. While Mangler distracted Luke Cage, Spear sent another message to Dr. Burnstein and once again decided to let him live. He left a message for him to meet him at the East River pier. When Dr. Burnstein did so, he was speared by Spear in front of Luke Cage's eyes. Two young adults witnessed Spear escaping the pier. Spear then attempted to rescue Mangler from police custody which was thwarted by Luke Cage. Not wanting to lose another son, Spear's mother tipped off Luke Cage and Quentin Chase as to his whereabouts. Luke Cage and Quentin Chase confronted Spear at his tenement apartment. He engaged Luke Cage in a running battle which took to the top of an outbound bus which crashed into the Hudson River. After knocking out Spear, Luke Cage handed him over to the police.[321]
During the Shadowland storyline, Spear appeared as a member of Nightshade's Flashmob (which also consisted of Chemistro II, Cheshire Cat, Comanche, Dontrell Hamilton, and Mr. Fish II) where they attacked Victor Alvarez on a rooftop. He is defeated by Luke Cage and imprisoned in Ryker's Island, but is soon freed by Big Ben Donovan.[322] During the Spider-Island storyline, Spear and Flashmob attempt to leave the spider-infested Manhattan, only to be defeated by Heroes for Hire.[323]
After his brother Mangler is attacked by a gang of "preemptive" vigilantes, Spear and the relatives of other ex-cons who had been assaulted resort to asking the Heroes for Hire for help. The vigilantes crash the meeting followed by the New York City Police Department. In the confusion that follows, Spear is arrested along with Iron Fist.[324] Spear is remanded to Ryker's Island where he reunites with his brother Mangler. Together, the two form a group with Iron Fist and fellow inmates Gamecock and Big Ben Donovan's son Little Ben.[325]
Spear makes a non-speaking appearance in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "To Steal an Ant-Man" as a member of William Cross's gang.
Elias Spector is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the father of Marc Spector/Moon Knight. The character first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #28 (January, 1976), created by Alan Zelenetz and Bo Hampton.
When he was a kid, Elias Spector fled with his mother and 'Yitz Perlman' from Nazi prosecution after Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia. Perlman was a Nazi deserter who had adopted the identity of a long-lost rabbi friend of Elias' father in exchange for helping them flee to America. He had also killed Elias' father since he was the only person that knew of his true identity. Elias, his mother, and Perlman settled in Chicago, Illinois, and Elias was taught by Perlman to become a rabbi.[326]
Elias later had two sons, Marc and Randall. He would walk his kids to school everyday, but him being a rabbi caused his youngest to be bullied, but Marc was there to defend his younger sibling.[327] He was disappointed with his boys' violent nature and their obsession with war, he believed they should concentrate on their education but his wife dismissed this as "boys being boys".[328]
As part of a supernatural method to extend his lifespan, Perlman became a serial killer of Jews. After Marc stumbled upon his secret by chance, Yitz left the city and was never seen again. Due to the traumatic experience, Marc developed dissociative identity disorder and never told anyone about Perlman's true nature.[326] When Marc's multiple personalities started manifesting, Elias interned him at the Putnam Psychiatric Hospital.[329] After his father's death, Marc was allowed to leave the hospital temporarily to attend the funeral and a late luncheon but, after hearing Khonshu's voice, he ran way.[330] After his death Marc resented his father, believing that Elias was embarrassed by him.
Elias Spector appears in the Moon Knight episode "Asylum", portrayed by Rey Lucas.[331] This version became Marc Spector's caretaker after his brother Randall died in a cave flood and his mother Wendy became alcoholic and abusive out of grief.
Mrs. Spector is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the mother of Marc Spector/Moon Knight. The character first appeared in Moon Knight #37 (January 1984), created by Alan Zelenetz and Bo Hampton.
Mrs. Spector married Rabbi Elias Spector and had two sons, Marc and Randall. Her husband was disappointed with his boys' violent nature and their obsession with war, he believed that should concentrate on their education but she dismissed this as "boys being boys".[328] When Marc's multiple personalities started manifesting, they interned him at the Putnam Psychiatric Hospital.[329]
Following Elias' death, Marc was allowed to leave the hospital temporarily to sit shiva. At the reception, she attempted to comfort Marc against his belief that Elias despised him. Marc manifested his alter of Jake to cope and left to his old room where he heard Khonshu's voice, and it prompted him to run away.[330]
Wendy Spector appears in the Moon Knight episode "Asylum", portrayed by Fernanda Andrade.[331] This version was a good mother to Marc and Randall, until becoming alcoholic and abusive after the latter died in a cave flooding. By the time Marc was a teenager, he left home as Elias claimed that he can get help for Wendy. After Wendy's death, Marc refuses to attend her funeral and only appeared outside the house while being glimpsed by his dad. Marc's Steven Grant alter was unaware that Wendy was dead when he kept leaving messages on her phone until Marc told him.
Spider-Girl is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Spider-Guin is an anthropomorphic penguin and animal version of Gwen Stacy.
Spider-King is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
One of the people to audition for the West Coast Avengers was an unnamed man who went by the alias of Spider-King due to being covered in spiders while claiming to be a mutate. He was rejected alongside other wannabes Bread-Boy, Broken Watch, Dark Paladin, Dee-Va, Doctor Mole (who thought he was auditioning for a TV show called The Mole Men of Los Angeles), Dutch Oven, Scorp, Silver Snowboarder, Surf Doctor, and Wolver-Mean.[332]
A variation of the Spider-King appears in Marvel's Spider-Man multi-part episode "Spider-Island" as Norman Osborn (voiced by Josh Keaton). This version is a humanoid spider who is the Stealth Spider initially and mutated further into a figurehead who can control the other Man-Spiders.[333]
Spider-Mole is an anthropomorphic mole and animal version of Miles Morales.
Spider-Queen is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Shannon Kane used the web fluid that was developed by her husband who was killed by communists. Kane fought crime as Spider-Queen.[334]
Adriana "Ana" Soria, created by Paul Jenkins and Michael Ryan, first appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #15 (August 2004).
The result of an American military experiment from World War II with the ability to control humans as minions with powerful pheromones, she seeks revenge for the US government's abandonment, resulting in confrontations with Peter Parker / Spider-Man and the superhero community in stopping her biological bomb from destroying New York City.[335]
Soria next appears as the supervillainess behind the "Spider-Island" storyline. She is the benefactor to Miles Warren / Jackal and has two Man-Spider enforcers, the Spider-King and the Tarantula.[336][337] Soria's ambitious plans where New York's citizens obtain Spider abilities has the Avengers (led by Ms. Marvel and Iron Man) contain New York City, Anti-Venom curing various Spider-People, and Carlie Cooper and Peter investigating the Spider-Flu's cause.[338][339] Despite Reed Richards's resources preventing people from gaining Spider abilities, various Spider-People mutate into the Man-Spiders which are controlled by Soria.[340][337] She uses the Spider King as the Spider-Flu's carrier while sending the Tarantula to poison Horizon Labs' serum developed by Max Modell and Michael Morbius but gets deprived of her two enforcers who get respectively cured, spitefully killing her co-conspirator's various clones in response.[341][342][343][344] Soria transformed herself into the Spider-Queen, a giant sized Woman-Spider while confronted by Agent Venom and Captain Steve Rogers followed by Spider-Man (using Doctor Octopus's Octobots) and Mary Jane Watson curing New York's population which weaken her when confronting New York's superhero community before Kaine Parker (using the "Big Time" Spider-Armor) ultimately slays her, freeing New York from her ambitions.[345][344][346]
Soria's DNA (along with that of Cyclops and Gwen Stacy) was later used by the Jackal to grow Spider-Girl (Gwen Warren), a physically-twelve-year-old humanoid girl able to turn into a 30 ft. human-spider hybrid and shoot beams from her eyes.[347]
Spider-Woman (Charlotte Witter) is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Howard Mackie and John Byrne, first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 2, #5 (May 1999).
Within the context of the stories, Charlotte Witter is a fashion designer and granddaughter of psychic Madame Web who also engages in black market transactions. Those dealings lead her to work for Doctor Octopus, who mutates her into a human/spider hybrid with the ability to absorb the powers of the previous Spider-Women in return for her agreeing to destroy Spider-Man. She manages to steal the powers of Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, Mattie Franklin, and Madame Web, but Franklin reabsorbs the powers and leaves Witter powerless. Witter is defeated and left in a coma in her grandmother's mansion.
Spike is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are not to be confused with Spyke from X-Men: Evolution, nor with Spike Freeman, another character in the groups X-Statix and X-Force.
Darren Elliot aka The Spike debuted in X-Force #121 created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred.
After watching video footage of independent hero, the Spike in action, the Santa Monica, California-based mutant-superhero group X-Statix agrees to have him join the team. His antagonistic nature creates fighting and tension among himself and his teammates. During a battle with the mutant terrorist group the Brotherhood, the Spike aids the Orphan in killing one of the Brotherhood members by impaling her as she fell backwards from the Orphan's punch.[351] In another battle, in Central America, the Spike and the Anarchist competed to kill as many militiamen as possible.[352] Sometime later, after seeing Vivisector and Phat holding hands, the Spike's homophobic reaction causes another rift with the team.[353] The Spike eventually is killed by an impostor, who is himself then killed.[354]
Spike (Gary Walsh) is a character from New X-Men, who first appeared in #126 of that title. Created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. He was a student at the Xavier Institute before M-Day.[355]
Spike appears in X-Men: The Last Stand, portrayed by Lance Gibson. This version is a member of the Omegas who join forces with Magneto's Brotherhood to oppose the creation of a mutant cure, only to be killed by Wolverine.[357]
Spirit of '76 (William Naslund) debuted as a member of the short-lived superhero team the Crusaders in The Invaders #14–15 (March–April 1977), created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins.[358] In a canonical portion of a story in issue #4 (August 1977) of the alternative universe series What If?, Naslund succeeds Steve Rogers as Captain America, the first of three official replacements until Rogers resumed the role years later.[359] This retcon became necessary after Marvel's conflicting accounts of Captain America in 1950s and 1960s comics had created a discrepancy.
William Naslund had no superhuman powers but was a brilliant athlete and a superb hand-to-hand combatant. As the Spirit of '76, he designed and wore a cloak made of an unknown bulletproof and fireproof material. As Captain America, he carried a steel shield, approximately 2.5 feet in diameter and fashioned by the U.S. government after the design used by the original Captain America.
Anubhav Chaudhry of Sportskeeda wrote, "His story is a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by heroes during times of war."[360] Nicholas Friedman of Comic Book Resources ranked William Naslund 18th in their "The Very Best Captain Americas" list.[361]
William Naslund was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An athletic young man, hoping to help the Allies' World War II efforts in a unique way, he develops exceptional fighting skills and learns to copy some of the moves Captain America employed with the discus-like shield that he carried. He is recruited by a mysterious man called "Alfie" to become a costumed hero in the new team of adventurers called the Crusaders, alongside Dyna-Mite, Ghost Girl, Thunderfist, Captain Wings, and Tommy Lightning. The team eventually learns that Alfie is a German agent, but not before he has manipulated them into fighting the Allied super-team the Invaders. Upon learning how they had been duped, all the Crusaders but Naslund left costumed adventuring.[362]
When the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, and his sidekick, Bucky, went missing in action in 1945, U.S. President Harry S. Truman recruited Naslund and a young man named Fred Davis to become the new Captain America and Bucky.[363] Alongside Namor the Sub-Mariner and the original Red Guardian, the new Captain America stopped a Nazi plot to destroy the Potsdam Conference.[364] They briefly fought alongside the post-war All-Winners Squad, battling Isbisa[365] and, with the Blonde Phantom, fought to prevent a criminal attempt to steal the atomic bomb, encountering a time-traveling She-Hulk during this mission.[366] Naslund was killed in 1946 in the line of duty when he was crushed to death by a robot serving the android named Adam II while warning the rest of the All-Winners Squad of Adam II's attempt to kidnap or kill then-Congressional candidate John F. Kennedy in Boston. Naslund was succeeded as Captain America by Jeffrey Mace, formerly the superhero Patriot.[367] Naslund was later brought through time by the Contemplator to battle an Adam II of an alternate world alongside the original Captain America, Jeffrey Mace, and the 1950s Captain America.[368]
Spirit of Vengeance (Wileaydus Autolycus) is the Ghost Rider from an alternate future of the Marvel Universe and member of the Galactic Guardians.
The character, created by Jim Valentino, first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy #12 (May 1991) as the inheritor of the Ghost Rider mantle in the alternate timeline/reality Marvel Comics designated as Earth-691. The first appearance of the Spirit of Vengeance aspect of the character was in the following issue, Guardians of the Galaxy #13 (June 1991).
Within the context of the Marvel Comics universe, Wileaydus Autolycus is from the planet Sarka, Tilnast system, a priest of an offshoot of the Universal Church of Truth, and a religious zealot. He first encounters the Guardians of the Galaxy while they are responding to a distress call from Firelord in the Tilnast system.[369] Mistaking the ship as one carrying Black Knights of Truth as reinforcements for the Universal Church of Truth, he undergoes his first transformation into the Spirit of Vengeance and blindly attacks the Guardians.[370] Realizing his error, he sets out to "atone for this transgression" by charging into the heart of the fleet to buy the Guardians time to escape. Instead, the Guardians are captured and brought before the Grand Inquisitor of the Universal Church of Truth on Sarka. The Spirit of Vengeance, with help from Replica, enables the Guardians escape. Before leaving, Vance Astro asks him to join them and consider changing his methods. He declines, saying he preferred to complete his work on Sarka, but that he would think on it as he kills the Grand Inquisitor.[371]
Later, he is among those that respond to Martinex's call for help. He helps the gathered heroes save Martinex's homeworld and becomes one of the founding members of the Galactic Guardians.[372]
Sprite is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Jia Jing is a mutant whose abilities manifested at the end of the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline.[373] She joins Wolverine's Mutant Academy, vowing to become "the greatest X-Man who has ever lived" and to honor the pride her of family and country. Wolverine gives her the code name "Sprite" after Kitty Pryde.[374]
Spyne is a fictional character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in Cable #17.
Spyne was one of the mutant members of the Dark Riders. A monstrous and cannibalistic carnivore with fangs, claws, and a tail, Spyne views his adversaries as a meal more than anything else. Spyne was first seen with the Dark Riders as they hunted down the team's former member Foxbat in Alexandria, Egypt. Later, Spyne was amongst those Dark Riders that hunted Caliban in the Morlock tunnels and clashed with Cable, Storm, and Domino. Spyne was able to disarm Cable, but Cable defeated him with his telekinetic powers.[375]
After clashing with Cable and his allies once more in Egypt, where their leader was revealed to be Cable's son Tyler, calling himself Genesis, Spyne and the Dark Riders captured Faye Livingstone, a woman who once had a romantic history with Mister Sinister. The Dark Riders then captured Jean Grey for Genesis.[376] After the events with Mister Sinister, Spyne took part in breaking Cyber out of a Scottish dungeon and took them to their rebuilt fortress in Egypt where the villain was stripped of his adamantium in a process that killed him. When the feral X-Man Wolverine infiltrated their fortress, the Dark Riders captured him and attempted to use Cyber's former adamantium skin to bond to Wolverine's bones, recently removed of its original adamantium by Magneto. When fellow X-Man Cannonball interfered with Genesis's plans for Wolverine, Spyne and the others started to beat up on Cannonball. This allowed Wolverine to break free from the bonding process, and both he and Cannonball fled to Apocalypse's resurrection chamber, where the Dark Riders pursued them. In the ensuing battle, Spyne was killed by Wolverine just as he was prepared to attack Cannonball. Wolverine then used Spyne's severed tail to ensnare and kill his fellow Dark Rider Deadbolt.[377]
Spyne, along with several of his fellow Dark Riders, is resurrected by means of the Transmode Virus to serve as part of Selene's army of deceased mutants. Under the control of Selene and Eli Bard, he takes part in the assault on the mutant nation of Utopia.[378] Later Spyne is part of the new Dark Riders that attempts to kill off all the mutant healers. He and the rest of the team are killed by Magneto's Uncanny X-Men and blow up with the remains of Genosha.[379]
Squackeye is an anthropomorphic chicken and animal version of Hawkeye.
Squid is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The first villain called The Squid battled Namor in the 1940s.[380]
The second Squid was a gangster and youngest member of the Scungili Crime Family who battled Spider-Woman.[381]
The third Squid is an Atlantean who is the leader of the School which had fought Namorita.[382]
Squid first appears in Peter Parker: Spider-Man Volume 2, #16 and was created by Howard Mackie and John Romita Jr.
After his mother died, Don Callahann had a hard time relating to his father, "Big Mike" Callahan. He eventually fell into the wrong crowd and ended up transformed into a squid-like creature.[383] In subsequent appearances, he joins the Hood's crime syndicate, Swarm's Sinister Six, and Helmut Zemo's Army of Evil.[384][385][386][387][388][389][390][391][392][393][394][395][396][397][398][399][400][401]
Following Spider-Man's fight with Goblin King, it was revealed that Roderick Kingsley had sold some of Squid's equipment to an unnamed criminal as he was seen at the Bar with No Name with the other former Hobgoblin minions when they encounter Electro.[402]
Squid later appears as a member of the Hateful Hexad alongside Bearboarguy, Gibbon, Ox, Swarm, and White Rabbit. During the Hateful Hexad's disastrous fight against Spider-Man and Deadpool, the battle is crashed by Itsy Bitsy who threw one of her swords at the forehead of a webbed-up Squid.[403]
In 2020, CBR.com ranked the Don Callahan version of Squid 6th in their "Spider-Man: 10 Weirdest Animal Villains From The Comics That We'd Like To See In The MCU" list.[404]
Squid-Boy (Samuel "Sammy" Paré) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chuck Austen and Ron Garney, the character is depicted as a 10-year-old mutant and as a student at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.
Sammy Paré is a 10-year-old Canadian boy whose genetic mutation causes him to physically resemble a fish. The physical nature of his mutation causes his classmates to ridicule him. Sammy considers using a gun to shoot his tormentors, but before he can do so, he is visited by Professor X and Beast, who recruit him to enroll at the Xavier Institute.[405] On the return trip to the institute, Professor X takes a detour to Ireland to aid in an X-Men mission at Cassidy Keep. Sammy saves Juggernaut (Cain Marko) from drowning in the ocean, which begins a friendship between the two. Cain subsequently reforms and becomes a surrogate father to Sammy, who also becomes friends with Carter Ghazikhanian and Icarus from the New Mutants.[volume & issue needed]
Sammy's mother eventually finds out about his relationship with Cain and calls upon the Canadian super-team Alpha Flight to bring the boy home. Sometime after Sammy's departure, Juggernaut suspects that Sammy's father Claude is physically abusing him. Cain, who suffered similar abuse at the hands of his own father, decides to visit Sammy to investigate. When he and Northstar arrive at Sammy's home in Vancouver they find the boy covered in bruises. Cain snaps and severely beats Claude, destroying the Paré home in the process. He is subdued by Alpha Flight.[406] When Cain is subsequently incarcerated for violating his parole, Sammy's mother testifies on his behalf. After Juggernaut's release, Sammy returns to the institute with his mother, who entertains the thought of a romantic relationship with Cain.[407]
Later, Juggernaut infiltrates the Brotherhood of Mutants as a double agent for the X-Men. When Sammy stumbles upon a meeting of the group outside the school grounds, he assumes that Juggernaut betrayed the X-Men and lashes out at him before being killed by Black Tom Cassidy.[408][409] During the Krakoan Age, he is resurrected on Krakoa.[410]
Squirrel Girl was an anthropomorphic squirrel and animal version of Squirrel Girl.
Helen Stacy is the wife of George Stacy in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Howard Mackie and Dan Fraga, made her sole appearance in Spider-Man #-1 (July 1997). Long before Gwen Stacy met Peter Parker, George and Arthur Stacy were having a barbecue with their respective spouses. Helen was chatting with her sister-in-law Nancy when both brothers' pagers went off, signaling them to go to work immediately. Helen could only laugh with Nancy stating that both of their husbands were similar, something that Helen concurred. Helen made no further appearances in the comics, but in the Gwen Stacy mini-series, it is shown that she had died sometime afterwards, as Gwen kisses a picture of her.
Zebediah Stane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
He was the father of Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger. Zebediah Stane was a degenerate gambler who lived with young Obadiah. One day (sometime after Obadiah's mother died of unknown reasons), Zebediah considered himself on a "lucky streak"; played a game of Russian roulette and shot himself in the head right in front of young Obadiah. This trauma caused Obadiah to lose all of his blond hair and go bald and shaped him for years to come. From there on, Obadiah Stane was a ruthless manipulator who studies his adversaries to find weaknesses to exploit.[413]
After being defeated, Obadiah Stane tells Iron Man that he believed that Zebediah saw the world as his opponent and lost, then committed suicide (via his repulustor from his hand) in a similar way to Zebediah's gunshot to his head.[414]
When Iron Man (after personally meeting Ezekiel Stane) remembers his past experience with Obadiah, one of the things Iron Man pointed out was that Zebediah (a degenerate gambler and a mean drunk as Iron Man saw it) accidentally killed himself in front of Obadiah.[415]
Star is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
A member of the Chaste, created by D. G. Chichester and Ron Garney, first appeared in Daredevil #296 (September 1991).
Star had previously trained Elektra albeit in very harsh conditions and under the supervision of Stick.[416] He makes his first proper appearance alongside Wing and Flame in aiding Daredevil take on The Jonin, Izanami and Spear. As his name implies, he is well-equipped with throwing stars. Later, he is seen with his comrades attacking Elektra as they felt that she did not belong in the Chaste, but she simply insults them for being scared of her and Matt's induction.[417]
Jeanette Rhodes was created by Christopher Priest and Joe Bennett, first appeared in Crew #1 (May 2003).
She is the younger sister of James Rhodes and the mother of Lila Rhodes. Estranged from her family, she was a crack addict and sex worker before she was killed by gang members.[418]
The Chaste incarnation of Star appears in Daredevil, portrayed by Laurence Mason. This version was a member of the Chaste who worked alongside Stick before being killed by him.[419]
Starbolt is a warrior serving in the Shi'ar Imperial Guard, a multi-ethnic group of super-powered alien beings who act as enforcers of the laws of the Shi'ar Empire. Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in X-Men #107 (October 1977). Like many original members of the Imperial Guard, Starbolt is the analog of a character from DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes, sharing traits with Sun Boy and Wildfire.[59] Starbolt can fly and project energy bolts from hands.
Part of the division of the Imperial Guard known as the Superguardians, Starbolt was amongst the first of the Imperial Guard encountered by the team of superhuman mutant adventurers known as the X-Men who sought to rescue the Princess-Majestrix Lilandra from her insane brother, then-Majestor D'ken. Following the orders of their emperor, the Guard clashed with the X-Men on a nameless Shi'ar Empire planet and was on the verge of winning when the band of interstellar freebooters known as the Starjammers arrived to turn the tide of battle in the X-Men's favor. During the clash, Starbolt became enraged when he saw the feral X-Man Wolverine attacking his teammate and then-lover Oracle. After Starbolt flash-fried him, Wolverine quickly took the two lovers out of the fight by slamming them into each other.[420]
Starbolt is featured prominently in an adventure set early in his career; the Guard and the current ruler of the Shi'ar empire are set upon by Skrull assassins and are rescued by the hero later known as Captain Marvel.[421]
Starbolt was also one of eight Imperial Guardsmen chosen to battle the X-Men in a trial by combat over the fate of Phoenix, a primal force of the cosmos that had assumed the form of the X-Man Jean Grey.[422]
Soon after, Starbolt was amongst those few Imperial Guard members who opposed the treacherous Shi'ar High Council member Lord Samédàr, who was aiding an attempted coup of the Shi'ar throne by Deathbird. Even after many of the Guard chose to side with Samédàr, Starbolt remained steadfast in his loyalty to then-Empress Lilandra. These Imperial Guard members went on a mission to find Lilandra and joined with Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde in battling Samédàr's renegade Imperial Guardsmen. Starbolt was captured but was freed on Lilandra's command.[423]
Later, after the formerly exiled Deathbird had usurped the Shi'ar throne, Starbolt was amongst those Imperial Guard members who clashed with the British team of costumed adventurers known as Excalibur and the Starjammers over the fate of the then-bearer of the cosmic Phoenix Force, the alternate future daughter of Jean Grey named Rachel Summers.[424]
Much later, the intergalactic teleporter Lila Cheney transported the X-Men to the Shi'ar Empire at the behest of then-Empress Deathbird. On Deathbird's behalf, Starbolt and the Imperial Guardsmen battled the X-Men and Starjammers, but the X-Men had arrived in Shi'ar space just in time to see Lilandra regain her throne. Not all was as it seemed, however, as in reality a group of Warskrulls, using technology to allow them to duplicate superpowers, had captured and impersonated the X-Men's founder, the telepathic Professor Charles Xavier, using his telepathy to control Lilandra, and the Imperial Guard, including Starbolt. After the ruse was discovered by the X-Men and all the Warskrull impostors were exposed, Lilandra settled matters with Deathbird, discovering her sister did not want the throne anymore.[61]
During the war between the Shi'ar and Kree Empires, Starbolt was part of a small team of Guardsmen who were charged with preventing the member of the Earth team of super-powered beings known as the Avengers named Quasar from retrieving the legendary Nega-Bands of the Kree warrior Captain Marvel, which had been stolen. Starbolt battled Quasar and Her in space during the Kree-Shi'ar War, although Starbolt was defeated and captured by Quasar.[425]
Subsequently, Starbolt was amongst those Imperial Guard members who defended Lilandra against an assassination attempt by the Kree Ronan the Accuser and his unwilling agents, the royal family of the Earth race known as the Inhumans.[426] He survived the Imperial Guard's battle with Vulcan.[65][427]
He was one of the views selected to explore "the Fault," but was killed by a group of horrifically mutated creatures from the Cancerverse during "Realm of Kings."[428]
Natasha Stark, also known as Iron Woman, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Fantastic Four: Dark Reign #2 (April 2009), and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Sean Chen. She is a female counterpart of Tony Stark / Iron Man.
In Earth-3490, Iron Woman averted the Civil War between superheroes due to the fact that she and Captain America are romantically involved, and subsequently married.[429]
A future version of Virginia "Ginny" Stark (also known as Black Widow and Madame Masque) is the granddaughter of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts and daughter of Howard Stark III. This version is the leader of a resistance against the Mandarin's empire.[430]
A variation of Ginny Stark named Morgan Stark appears in Avengers: Endgame portrayed by Lexi Rabe.[431] Katherine Langford was initially intended to portray the character before her scenes were deleted.[432] This version is the daughter of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts.
Starling is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Tiana Toomes is the daughter of Lenora and Frankie Toomes and the granddaughter of Adrian Toomes. Following Lenora's death, Adrian offered to take legal guardianship of Tiana and he later created a suit for her similar to his Vulture suit so that she can use it when following her dreams. This led to her taking the name of Starling, though Tiana was unaware of her grandfather's criminal activities at the time.[433]
Ava Starr is the Marvel Cinematic Universe's incarnation of Ghost. Created by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari, the character debuted in the 2018 live-action film Ant-Man and the Wasp, portrayed by Hannah John-Kamen as an adult[434][435] and RaeLynn Bratten as a child in flashbacks.[436]
In her childhood, Ava was caught in an accident in her father Elihas' laboratory. The ensuing explosion killed both of her parents, while Ava gained the ability to become intangible as her body was left in a constant state of "molecular disequilibrium". She was recruited by scientist Bill Foster to join S.H.I.E.L.D., where she was trained and given a containment suit to better control her powers. Ava agreed to work for the organization as an assassin and spy under the code name Ghost in exchange for S.H.I.E.L.D. ‘s help in finding a way to stabilize her condition. However, she discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. had no intention of helping her and subsequently went rogue to find a way to cure herself with Foster's help. The two later plan to harness the energy that Janet van Dyne’s body absorbed from the Quantum Realm, putting Ghost in direct conflict with Hank Pym, Hope van Dyne, and Scott Lang. At the end of the film, Janet willingly uses some of her energy to partially stabilize Ava's condition before the latter departs with Foster as Janet's group vow to collect more energy for her.
Ava Starr / Ghost appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest, Marvel Contest of Champions, Marvel: Future Fight, Marvel Avengers Academy, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, and Marvel Strike Force.
Patricia "Trish" Starr is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Mike Friedrich and Herb Trimpe, first appeared in Marvel Feature #5 (June 1972). She is Egghead's niece. Trish is occasionally used as collateral damage during Egghead's schemes towards Hank Pym, including one where she loses her left arm and another involving a bionic replacement.[437][438][439][440]
Stencil is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Stencil is a member of the Soviet Super Soldiers.
Steppin' Razor is an enemy of Blade in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Ian Edginton and Douglas H. Wheatley, first appeared in Blade: The Vampire Hunter #4 (October 1994).
Steppin' Razor, a vampire and an ex-crime lord of Jamaican descent, meets and recruits fellow vampire Carl Blake (also known as Night Terror) for a cause, the return of the vampire lord Varnae to the land of the living. Together with voodoo priestess Marie LaVeau, they lure Blade and then mentor "Bible John" Carik to Los Angeles.[441] Their plan is to capture Blade and use his body as the vessel for Varnae's spirit. The attempt fails and in the resulting fight, Night Terror's body becomes the vessel for Varnae instead. All three villains manage to escape in the chaos.[442]
Steppin' Razor appears in Blade: The Series, portrayed by Bokeem Woodbine. This version is the vampire leader of the Bad Bloods, a Detroit street gang that Blade was previously a member of.[443][444]
Dr. Ella Sterling is a minor character appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Greg Pak and Cory Smith, first appeared in Weapon H #1 (March 2018).[445][446][447][448]
Shannon Stillwell is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
During the "Secret Wars" storyline, the Earth-18199 version of Shannon Stillwell works for Empire Unlimited as its head researcher and wore a special suit that enabled her to copy the abilities of Demolition Man.[449]
On Earth-616, its version of Shannon Stillwell still worked as a scientist for Empire Unlimited under Regent. Unlike the Earth-18199 version, she did not a power-copying suit.[450]
Shannon Stillwell was later confirmed to be related to Farley Stillwell and Harlan Stillwell as seen when she gets a call from her mother known as Madame Monstrosity. She wanted to make sure that Shannon is not misusing the family talents like her brothers did when they created Scorpion and Human Fly which led to their deaths while also ranting how other people misued her works with the alterations that they did. Shannon then learns from Madame Monstrosity about the news revolving around Spider-Boy and that she will be going after him.[82]
Shannon later obtains Super-Adaptoid's arm and reverse-engineers it to create Toy Soldier, a sentient action figure who can replicate the abilities of the Avengers.[451]
Shannon Stillwell appears in the Spider-Man episode "The Cellar", voiced by Kathreen Khavari.[452] This version is the personal assistant of Regent.
Stilt-Man is the name of several supervillains in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Stilt-Man first appeared in Daredevil #8 (June 1965).[453] He is a criminal wearing an impenetrable suit of armor with powerful telescopic legs.[454] In addition to being one of Daredevil's most enduring arch-foes, he has appeared as an adversary to various other heroes, such as Iron Man, Thor, and Spider-Man.
Wilbur Day was born in New York City. As a scientist, inventor, and engineer, he was employed by Carl Kaxton who invented a hydraulic ram device. Wilbur stole Kaxton's designs and used them to engineer telescopic metal legs which allowed him to tower high over the ground. He incorporated these hydraulic stilts into an armored battlesuit, which he created for use in robberies as the professional criminal Stilt-Man.[455] He battled Daredevil, and was seemingly shrunk into nothingness by an experimental molecular condenser ray.[456] He later escapes the Microverse and works with the Masked Marauder.[457] Stilt-Man teamed with the Masked Marauder in an attempt to trap Daredevil; however, he battled Spider-Man and was defeated by Daredevil.[458] His escape from Daredevil aided by Electro was later recounted. Stilt-Man teamed with Electro, Matador, Leap-Frog, and Gladiator to form the original Emissaries of Evil and battle Daredevil.[459] Stilt-Man was later hired by mobsters to kill district attorney candidate Foggy Nelson, and battled Daredevil once again.[460] He disguised himself as Stunt-Master, and attacked Daredevil on a Hollywood movie set.[461] In San Francisco, he kidnapped his former employer Carl Kaxton and his daughter, to force him to recreate his molecular condenser. However, Stilt-Man battled and was defeated by Daredevil and the Black Widow.[462]
Besides Stilt-Man's long, unsuccessful career against Daredevil, he encountered other superheroes in the meantime. He was hired by Los Angeles mobsters to kill the Falcon, and in the process stole various weapons and devices from the Trapster.[463] He robbed a Los Angeles bank, and battled Black Goliath. He teleported Black Goliath and his companions to an alien planet using the Z-ray weapon.[464] Stilt-Man attacked Black Goliath at Champions headquarters in search of an alien power source. He battled the Champions, and his Z-ray weapon was destroyed by Darkstar, but he managed to escape from the Champions.[465] He was later freed from prison by Blastaar and F.A.U.S.T., and given a special new battlesuit constructed of secondary adamantium with additional weaponry. He stole some radioactive isotopes, and battled Thor, but lost the fight and was stripped of his suit by the victorious Thunder God, who confiscated it.[466]
Stilt-Man was hired to kidnap assistant District Attorney Maxine Lavender. He was waylaid in his civilian identity by Turk Barrett, a small-time crook and an even greater loser than Day, who stole his armor and took on the Stilt-Man identity. Turk contacted the Kingpin and offered to become his new assassin, only to be refused. Enraged by Turk's audacity, Day contacted Daredevil and informed him of a weakness in the armor. Thanks to Day's information, Daredevil easily disabled the auto-gyroscopes necessary for the armor to keep its balance and brought Turk down.[467] Day later modified the armor to prevent Daredevil from using this newfound knowledge against him.[volume & issue needed] Stilt-Man sought to regain his reputation by defeating Spider-Man. He turned an automated Cordco factory against Spider-Man, but when Spider-Man saved his life, Stilt-Man returned the favor by not taking the opportunity to kill him.[468]
Stilt-Man continued to make sporadic appearances in various Marvel comics, wherein he has continued his criminal career and fought several superheroes, but without much success. One of his most prominent appearances during this time was during the Iron Man storyline "Armor Wars", where he was one of the many armored super-villains whose armors had been secretly upgraded with technology stolen from Tony Stark; Iron Man quickly defeated the villain in their confrontation by throwing one of his own hydraulic legs at him to knock him out.[469] Stilt-Man later attempted to kill District Attorney Blake Tower for sending him to prison, but was captured by She-Hulk.[470] Stilt-Man was among the villains assembled by Doctor Doom to attack the Fantastic Four in Washington, D.C. during the Acts of Vengeance. Even though he had several other villains with him, he failed miserably.[471] He was also among the villains who attempted to attack the Avengers at the site of their reconstructed mansion, but was foiled by the construction workers.[472]
In the 2006 series Heroes for Hire, a version of Stilt-Man's armor can be found in a police storehouse with other villains' equipment under their names. The armor seen here is labeled "Case: NYC v. Turk ("Loser")".,[473] and is used by Scorpion during her battle with Paladin. Later, Daredevil's secret identity of Matt Murdock was exposed by a local newspaper, with Murdock denying the allegations. On hearing of this news, Wilbur visited the law offices of Nelson and Murdock, announcing he was sick of the whole ordeal and that he was retiring as Stilt-Man. He left his armor in a suitcase on Murdock's desk, and was forcibly removed when he began yelling his paranoid conclusion that Murdock was the real Kingpin. Murdock then jokingly asked his law partner, Foggy Nelson, if he would like to be the next Stilt-Man, an offer he quickly declined.[474] During this period, Day romanced and eventually married Circus of Crime member Princess Python.[volume & issue needed]
When the Superhero Registration Act offered Day a chance at redemption, he signed up with the government and was outfitted with a new suit of armor to serve as a law enforcer during the Civil War.[volume & issue needed] Unfortunately for Day, one of his assignments led him into conflict with the Punisher. Both were tracking a convicted child pornographer who was already in FBI custody. The Punisher paralyzes Stilt-Man with a M72 LAW, and then shoots him at point-blank range, killing him. The pornographer is killed moments later.[475] Day's funeral was held in the Bar With No Name, and was attended by his fellow also-rans of the crime world. Sadness turned to remembrance, which turned into high spirits, which eventually led to a full-scale fight breaking out. The appearance of Spider-Man put an end to the violence, but the bar was then promptly blown up by the Punisher in an attempt to kill all the villains inside.[476] It was later mentioned that "they all had to get their stomachs pumped and be treated for third-degree burns", with Stilt-Man ultimately succumbing to his injuries and dying.[477]
During the Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy storyline, Stilt-Man is among the supervillains "reanimated" in cloned bodies (with their souls intact) by Ben Reilly and his company New U Technologies.[478]
Stilt-Man later appears in San Francisco where he fights the Superior Spider-Man, who has recently relocated there.[479]
During Day's absence from the world of costumed crime, an as-yet-unnamed criminal acquired the Stilt-Man armor. After upgrading its telescoping abilities, this Stilt-Man was defeated by Daredevil and Luke Cage. The fight only lasted as long as it did because Daredevil was afraid of knocking the villain out at his current height as the fall would have killed him.[480] He was next seen being defeated by Ms. Marvel.[481] Stilt-Man later fought both Daredevil and the Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Spider-Man's body).[482]
A third Stilt-Man was chosen by a gang of small-time petty thugs. Michael Watts claimed to know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy that leads to the connection of the Tinkerer who apparently upgraded the suit before his last arrest. Punisher was aware of the gang's actions. But after some convincing by the Rhino, Frank let Watts live. Watts believes he and his gang will rise to great things since the Hood is coming to power over the supervillains.[483]
Stinker is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appears in Incredible Hulk #271 (February 1982).
Stinker is an anthropomorphic skunk who is a friend of Rocket Raccoon and Lylla.[485]
Stone is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Stone is Stick's second-in-command and former lover. She can withstand any physical attack as long as she is aware of it in advance.[486]
Stone is a mutant and member of the Hounds who can transform his body into highly dense stone-like material. He was involved in Project: Wideawake and served as Sabretooth's handler.[487]
Stone is a mutant with impenetrable rock-like skin and member of the Assassin's Guild. He fought Gambit before being cut to pieces and killed by Wolverine.[488]
There are two different versions of Kron Stone that appear in Marvel Comics and exist in the Marvel 2099 reality. He is the older half-brother of Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man and eldest son of Tyler Stone.
As a child, Kron was continually abused by the android housekeeper, which mistook him for a dog. As a result, he later became a bully, taking enjoyment in other people's pain. The relationship between the two brothers is so conflicted that Miguel tried to kill Kron at one point. In his introduction, Stone ordered Jake Gallows' family to be killed. Gallows found Stone and fatally wounded him with a knife as revenge, before dumping his body into the sewer.[490] As Kron laid dying in the sewer, his body brushed up against a black ball. The ball then bonded to him and formed a new Venom. The symbiote was described as having mutated over the years, and displayed new abilities in this timeline, including acidic blood and saliva.[491] With this new power, Stone sought to emotionally torture Miguel—whom Kron never discovered was his half-brother—by hurting those close, going so far as to kill Miguel's former love Dana—who was also Tyler's lover. After a fight between Spider-Man and Venom, the former emerged as the victor, using loudspeakers to neutralize Venom, who was subsequently taken to the lab for study. It was revealed that the symbiote bonded with Kron on a molecular level, giving Kron an amorphous physiology that allowed his body to take on the properties of the symbiote itself.[492]
A variation of Stone appears in the Timestorm 2009–2099 as the alternate Marvel 2099 reality version of Scorpion. Stone was one of Miguel's nightmares during high school, a bully used to do whatever he wanted thanks to the influence of his father ready to solve any trouble the son caused. One evening, Kron was tormenting the lab animals in an Alchemax laboratory, using the powerful instruments found there. While toying with a gene splicer, Stone was attacked by a sudden surge of energy, transforming him into a monstrous scorpion hybrid. Rejected by his father, he becomes obsessed with finding a way to reverse his mutation.[493]
Kron Stone as Scorpion appears as a boss in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, voiced by John Kassir.[494] He seeks to steal a fragment of the Tablet of Order and Chaos for Doctor Octopus in exchange for restoring his human form. Along the way, the fragment empowers him, allowing Stone to lay eggs and create offspring that share his deadly abilities. Despite this, Spider-Man 2099 is able to defeat him.[495][496]
Tiberius "Ty" Stone is Tyler Stone's grandfather.[497] An acquaintance of Peter Parker, he was the Kingpin's agent and the Tinkerer's protégé, while his acts of sabotage led to Horizon Labs' destruction and to Alchemax's rise with Normie Osborn's Oscorp stock.
Tiberius Stone appears in the Spider-Man episode "Cloak and Dagger", voiced by Jonathan Brooks.[498] This version is the CEO of Alchemax.
Tyler Stone is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a nemesis of Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man.
He runs the Alchemax Corporation, one of the largest corporate powers in the dystopian 2099 future of Earth. When his promising young employee Miguel O'Hara develops a troubling conscience over testing on humans, Stone has Miguel secretly addicted to the highly potent drug 'Rapture' that he controls to force his compliance.[499] Miguel's successful efforts to rid himself of the addiction create several spider-based powers.[500] Stone hires the corporate mercenary Venture to capture O'Hara, now known by the name Spider-Man. At the same time, Stone is making a deal concerning Latveria's current ruler, Tiger Wylde. The deposing of said ruler also affects the first few issues of the series "Doom 2099". Venture does not succeed in his assignment.[501]
Stone arranges for one of his employees — the assassin and Stark/Fujikawa Corporation field operative known as "The Specialist" — to kidnap Kasey Nash to lure Miguel (as Spider-Man) into battle.[502] The Specialist was an expert martial artist, trained as a samurai warrior, and highly proficient with various martial arts weaponry. However, during the battle with Spider-Man, his throat was accidentally slit as Miguel discovered these new powers included talons.[503]
Stone then fired Public Eye Sgt. Rico Estevez, and reported the failure of his plans to the Alchemax CEO.[504] Stone conferred with Mr. Hikaru of Stark-Fujikawa,[505] and then conferred with Dana D'Angelo.[506] He then plotted against Spider-Man and Stark-Fujikawa.[507] Soon after that, Stone encountered Thanatos for the first time.[508] Thanatos later disrupts Stone's interdimensional piercing program; chasing after an amnesiac super-powered being that becomes swept up in the events. Stone and his girlfriend Dana are assaulted and kidnapped in the course of this adventure.[509] It is later detailed that Thanatos is a corrupted version of the heroic Rick Jones, a longtime associate of the Hulk.[510]
Tyler's son Kron Stone, chronically neglected and physically abused by the family's robot nanny (it believed him to be a dog for a time), grew up to be an amoral murderer. His serial killings take the lives of Jake Gallows' extended family, resulting in his transformation into his era's Punisher.[511] Kron, like many other rich people, has the ability to simply purchase his way out of any legal punishment and does so. This does not save him from death at Jake's hands.[volume & issue needed]
Tyler interrupts his holographic observation of the Alchemax undersea colony rebuilding (Atlanteans had damaged it). He accepts the ashes of his son from his assistant, Winston; then flushes them down the toilet.[512]
Tyler and Kron appear in various flashbacks in the 2099 series that deals with Miguel's education. In one story, he gets into a verbal sparring match with Miguel after Kron is accused of attempted murder.[513]
Kron returns to life through interaction with an alien symbiote. Tyler attempts to have him slain again but is outmaneuvered.[volume & issue needed]
For a time, the Doctor Doom of this period takes over America and reveals that Tyler is not the true power in Alchemax, it is Avatarr, a mysterious alien being. In a fit of rage, Doom kills Avatarr.[514]
Miguel later infiltrates Tyler's building. He unexpectedly overhears his own mother conversing with Tyler. He then hears he is actually Tyler's son.[515]
Later, Miguel becomes head of Alchemax. He hires his own mother as his personal secretary. Around this time, she shoots and severely wounds Tyler, forcing him to utilize a hover-chair.[volume & issue needed] During his recovery in the hospital, Tyler learns his love Dana had been killed; the murderer turns out to be his son Kron.[516]
Tyler realizes his son has returned to life due to interacting with the Venom symbiote. He attempts to have it slain but is resisted by the science team overseeing the symbiote's prison cell. Miguel then overrules him. After the funeral of Dana, whom both Miguel and Tyler had slept with, Tyler attempts to bully Miguel, saying he will be reclaiming his office on the next day. Tyler claims this will be done because he is Miguel's father. The man knows this already and has Tyler removed by security.[517]
During Tyler's many attempts to regain control over the company, he recalls it was Mrs. O'Hara who shot him. She again pulls a gun, but Miguel takes the weapon. Tyler states he has always known O'Hara has been Spider-Man. Miguel fires three shots. It is revealed Tyler was utilizing a holographic projection. When questioned on if he knew it was projection before firing, Miguel says, "I hope so."[518]
Undersea invaders rampage through New York as revenge for Alchemax threatening to remove them from the city of New Atlantis. The leader Roman flooded the city of New York,[519] and summoned the monster Giganto, who had originally appeared decades ago.[520] This starts an evacuation of the city. Tyler is shot to death by General Dagin of the Atlantean Army. Mrs. O'Hara also perishes in the conflict.[521] Stone's Mars Colony, called 'Project: Ares', becomes one of the last two outposts of humanity, the Savage Land being the other. This is detailed in the series 2099: World of Tomorrow.[522]
Tyler Stone is revealed to be the grandson of Tiberius Stone.[497]
Stoneface is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Stoneface is a feared crime boss and enemy to the Falcon. During his time as the crime lord of Harlem, Stoneface was brought down by a Superhero team of Sam Wilson, Captain America, and Spider-Man. Stoneface's territory in Harlem was then ceded to his former colleague Morgan. As a courtesy, Morgan helped exile Stoneface into friendly confines out of the United States in Lagos, Nigeria. Unfortunately for Stoneface, when he kidnapped a visiting Leila Taylor, he came into conflict with again with the Falcon, who was assisted this time by the Black Panther.[volume & issue needed]
Croctor Strange is an anthropomorphic crocodile and animal version of Doctor Strange.
Striker is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Christos Gage and Mike McKone, first appeared in Avengers Academy #1 (June 2010).
Within the context of the stories, Striker becomes a child actor at a young age and is molested by his manager. During an encounter, Striker's power of electrical manipulation manifests. Norman Osborn offers Striker whatever he wants in exchange for the use of his powers.[523] Striker is recruited into the Avengers Academy along with five other students who have been affected by Osborn.[524] He uses this opportunity to become famous again.[523] He, Veil, and Hazmat then hunt down The Hood and videotape him screaming for mercy under electric torture. The video gets thousands of likes on YouTube, but at first Tigra is disgusted and actually requests the teen get expelled. Hank convinces her to allow the kids to remain, to which she grudgingly agrees, but secretly she relishes in watching the video of Hood screaming.[525] Later, the team fights Korvac with the bodies and strength of their older selves. A mature Striker is killed by Korvac's blast, but is then reverted to his younger self by Korvac's estranged wife, Carina. Striker has an emotional breakdown after experiencing death.[526] After a pep talk from Tigra, he is better able to control his powers and does not fear death. He also hatches a plan to save the students from Absorbing Man and Titania's attack on the Infinity Mansion.[527] Later on, he reveals to Julie Power that he thinks he is gay.[528] He soon publicly announces his sexual orientation in a press conference, showing Julie his fame hungry side.[529]
He was later scarred in the face by Jeremy Briggs when the academy kids tried to stop him from releasing a superhuman cure.[530] At the series' conclusion, he goes on a date with another teenage boy, even turning off his phone and ignoring his mother's urgings. The faculty then announce that Striker and the others have graduated the academy.[531] Striker later appears in Avengers Undercover, where he and Finesse visit Hazmat in the S.H.I.E.L.D. detention center after Hazmat kills Arcade.[532]
Striker later appeared as part of a new program established by Leonardo da Vinci to replace the defunct S.H.I.E.L.D. He is seen sparring with Reptil.[533]
Striker appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers.
Simon Stroud is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Doug Moench and George Tuska, the character first appeared in Creatures on the Loose #30 (April 1974). A mercenary trained by the CIA, Stroud has worked alongside Spider-Man and Black Widow,[534] and has gone after John Jameson / Man-Wolf,[535][536] and Morbius, the Living Vampire.[537][538][539][540][541][542]
Simon Stroud appears in Morbius, portrayed by Tyrese Gibson.[543] This version is an agent of the FBI who is equipped with a cybernetic arm.
Alistaire Stuart and his twin sister Alysande are the founding members of the Weird Happenings Organization in the Marvel Universe, and allies of the British superhero team Excalibur. The character, created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis, first appeared in Excalibur Vol.1 #6 (November 1988). The twins are named after Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart from Doctor Who.
Alistaire was part of a British Government organization which investigates supernatural and superhuman incidents. After his sister's death, and the removal of the corrupt head of the organization, Alistaire joined R.C.X to look after the Warpies. He was later targeted by Black Air, but was protected by Excalibur. He was later tasked by the U.K. government to bring all paranormal affairs under a single Department. He would later dissolve the department and defect to MI6 for use of their mightier resources, but was effectively stripped of all authority to investigate paranormal affairs.
Brigadier Alysande Stuart and her twin brother Alistaire are the founding members of the Weird Happenings Organization (W.H.O) in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis, first appeared in Excalibur #6 in March 1989. The twins are named after Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart from Doctor Who.
Within the context of the stories, Alysande is part of a British Government organization which investigates supernatural and superhuman incidents. She aided Excalibur and also fought against the Reavers as a member of the Muir Island X-Men. She was framed by the R.C.X of paying off S.H.I.E.L.D with classified secrets for her use of the Helicarrier during an incident with an automaton of Air-Walker. She was killed by Jamie Braddock while attending a party at Braddock Manor. Her name was later cleared with help from Nick Fury, Excalibur, and her brother.
Caledonia is an alternate universe version of Alysande from Earth-9809. The character, created by Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca, appeared in Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #9 (July 1998). This version of Alysande was a highland warrior and was captured and made a slave of the Captain Britain Corps. She was rescued by the Human Torch, Franklin Richards and Alyssa Moy. She then took up the role of nanny for Franklin and Valeria Richards in gratitude for her freedom, protecting them from supervillain threats.
Stunner aka Angelica Brancale was a character created during the Spider-Man Clone Saga and created by JM DeMatteis and Mark Bagley. She first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #397 (November 1994).
Stunner was originally a video store clerk but she managed to get a job working for Carolyn Trainer, a former student of Otto Octavius. She immediately fell in love with Octavius, her devotion to him only increasing when he used his virtual reality technology to make Angelina powerful and beautiful, dedicating herself to him and everything he did.[544]
She was first seen using her virtual powers to destroy a bar.[545] While in her Virtual form she tried to resurrect Octavius (who was killed by Kaine) after a battle with Spider-Man. As her real body was actually tied down into the virtual reality machine, the explosion that followed Otto's resurrection knocked her true form into a coma from which it took her years to awake from.
Upon hearing that her love, Otto Octavius, was dead again during Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth, she swore vengeance on the one responsible for it: the Superior Spider-Man (not knowing that he was actually Otto trapped in Peter's body).[546]
Using Octavius' machine, Angelina once again took the form of Stunner and tried to hunt down Spider-Man, causing havoc in the city to draw the attention of his Spider-Bots and minions and lure him out. Otto, in Parker's body, tried to calm her down and almost revealed his secret (that he was actually Otto Octavius), but Stunner's blind rage prevented him from doing so. Seeing no other option, Superior Spider-Man engaged in battle, rendering Stunner powerless with his new and stronger web formula. He then sent a holographic transmission signal via his Spider-Bots and ordered them to shut down the machine Angelina was connected to. As "Parker" went to the university to meet his girlfriend Anna Maria, Stunner broke out of his web and pursued Spider-Man, throwing a bus at him. As he held the bus with his webs, his Spider-Bots managed to sever the connection to the Virtual Reality Machine, destroying Stunner and leaving Angelina unconscious. Upon getting to Angelina's apartment, Spider-Man took the V.R. Machine to his lab, where he created a Virtual Otto Octavius back to his former glory to calm down Angelina and make her think Doc Ock was still alive. "Parker" used this opportunity to break up with Angelina, saying that he had found a new love with Anna, but would always care for Angelina. She was last seen in her apartment, crying on her knees, as the Virtual Otto Octavius left the scene.[547]
Styx and Stone (Jacob Eishorn and Gerald Stone) are two fictional comic book characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are a criminal duo that have crossed Spider-Man's path on a number of occasions. They were created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #309. They reappeared in issues #332-333 and #376-377 of the same series.
Gerald Stone was an idealistic scientist who wanted to find a cure for cancer. He conducted an illegal experiment on a homeless person named Jacob Eishorn. The experiment failed and Eishorn became a living cancer, who needed to kill to survive. Now calling himself "Styx", Eishorn enjoyed the killing of innocents. Feeling responsible for Styx, Stone built high-tech weaponry for himself and turned the two of them into a mercenary duo. Stone hoped that as mercenaries, Styx wouldn't kill innocents, but by now Stone was willing to kill anybody to protect Styx. He planned on using the money they earned as mercenaries to find a cure for Styx.
On their first outing, the duo was hired by Jonathan Caesar, a millionaire obsessed with Mary Jane Watson to kidnap her. This brought them into conflict with Spider-Man, Mary Jane's husband, who defeated the duo. Styx and Stone returned to Caesar, who told them to try again. This time, the duo faced Spider-Man who was at the time in conflict with Venom. During the fight, Styx's touch nearly killed Venom and they were returned to prison.[volume & issue needed]
A third meeting with Spider-Man involved the vigilante Cardiac. Cardiac's alter-ego, Dr. Elias Wirtham, had been a good friend of Stone and offered to cure Styx. Cardiac was convinced that Styx couldn't be cured or redeemed and tried to kill Styx. Spider-Man stopped Cardiac and the two fought, while Styx and Stone attempted, in vain, to escape.[volume & issue needed]
After turning down a job offer from the Life Foundation, Styx and Stone try to rob the New York Stock Exchange, but are single-handedly subdued by Spider-Man.[548]
A heavily mutated Styx and Stone later appear as the leaders of a group violent nihilists called "the Cult of Entropy". The duo and their followers attack a drug lab in Bolivia, but are forced into a retreat by Spider-Man, Deadpool, and the Mercs for Money.[549]
Styx's touch can kill anything organic and can disintegrate organic matter within seconds. His fingers can grow longer to increase his range. His touch has no effect on synthetic or inorganic material and Spider-Man's synthetic costume was enough to protect his body from Styx's touch. Stone wears two large weapons on his shoulders. These weapons can fire energy blasts, a blinding flash, a sticky resin to immobilize opponents and knockout gas. The duo often uses a flying platform of Stone's design. While a member of the Cult of Entropy, Stone was somehow transformed into a golem-like creature that can turn inorganic material, such as Deadpool's Kevlar armor, into a fragile, rock-like substance by coming into physical contact with it.[549]
Sub-Mariner is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Roman the Sub-Mariner is the name of several characters from the Marvel 2099 realities.
On Earth-928, Roman is a Human/Atlantean hybrid who worked on the New Atlantis Project for the company Alchemax. He became of the leader of the renamed Nova Atlantea when he and his fellow New Atlanteans rebelled against Alchemax.[550]
Roman was later killed when Attuma led the original Atlanteans in attacking Nova Atlantea.[551]
During the "Secret Wars" storyline, remnants of Earth-23291 were recreated as the Battleworld domain of 2099. Its version of Roman is a member of the Defenders.[552]
On the unified Marvel 2099 reality of Earth-2099, Roman is a member of the 2099 version of the Avengers. He was among its members that were killed by the 2099 version of the Masters of Evil.[553]
Sub-Marsupial is an anthropomorphic opossum and animal version of Sub-Mariner.
Sub-Merchandizer is an anthropomorphic dog from Earth-8311.
Subbie is an amphibious boy who grew up in the depths of the ocean and appeared in Kid Komics #1–2.
Sublime (also known as Dr. John Sublime) is a supervillain who is a sentient bacterium. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of the X-Men, and first appeared in the New X-Men Annual 2001 (September 2001). Sublime arose during the beginnings of life on Earth; with the subsequent rise of multicellular organisms, Sublime found endless numbers of hosts it could infect. As a sentient microscopic bacterial colony, Sublime can possess the body of any living organism and manipulate both psyche and physical appearance. Other abilities include mass mind control, personal genetic manipulation (which allows for accelerated healing), cellular shapeshifting, as well as performing any number of power enhancements.
It was hinted that the very hatred and fear of mutants was caused by Sublime itself. But the bacteria took more direct actions to ensure that the mutant population would be held in check, if not exterminated, to keep it from becoming the dominant species of the planet.
The first step was the Weapon Plus Project. Sublime took over a human body, dubbed Dr. John Sublime, and became the director of the Program, overseeing the creation of living weapons created by each installation of the program, from Captain America (Weapon I) to the Super-Sentinels – Fantomex, Huntsman, and Ultimaton (Weapon XIII, Weapon XII, and Weapon XV), passing through Nuke, Wolverine, and Deadpool, the latter two originating in the Weapon X Project, seemingly the most prolific living weapons producer.
For many years, Sublime remained behind the scenes, manipulating the Weapon Plus Project and installing Malcolm Colcord as the Director of Weapon X, which would eventually lead to the so-called War of the Programs between Colcord's replacement, Agent Brent Jackson, and Sublime, as Weapon X became an independent organization.
As millions of mutants were born worldwide, Sublime, still under the identity of John Sublime, took other steps to ensure the extermination of mutantkind. One of these steps was the creation of the TransSpecies Movement a.k.a. Homo Perfectus, a cult of humans that sought to empower themselves by grafting mutant body parts to their own bodies, but outwardly a group of 'mutants born in human bodies'. The militant faction of this group, the U-Men, refused to have any sort of contact with the world, which they considered impure, for which they sealed themselves in containment suits.[554]
During a trip to Hong Kong's new office of the X-Corporation to investigate the murder of Risque, the X-Men discovered Sublime's farm of mutant prisoners. They were being harvested for mutant body parts which could give the U-Men powers. Sublime, who was in the country on a book tour, thus became aware of the X-Men's immediate threat to his plans. Sublime also tried to purchase the mutant healer Xorn in one such prison in China.[554]
Although Xorn was rescued by the X-Men, he was a mole. Xorn, who was revealed to apparently be Magneto, became addicted to the drug "Kick", made from concentrated doses of Sublime's body. Xorn dealt the drug to Quentin Quire, thus placing Quire under Sublime's influence, which would cause the Open Day Riots made by the Omega Gang, and which led to the death of Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos and Dummy, the bodiless, gaseous-form student of Xorn.[555]
Meanwhile, Sublime and the U-Men spread their influence on New York City, where they kidnapped the telepath Martha Johansson, harvested her still-living brain, and used it as a weapon against the X-Men. Cyclops and Emma Frost, the White Queen, were kidnapped and tortured. They were sent off to be dissected, but escaped and confronted Sublime in his office. Emma, angry, held Sublime off a high ledge. Johansson forced Sublime to fall from Emma Frost's grip to his apparent death. The Sublime organism survived, regenerated its host body, and returned to actively overseeing Weapon Plus, as always, from the shadows.[556]
Sublime suffered a setback in its plans with the destruction of two of Weapon Plus' Super-Sentinels (Huntsman/Weapon XII and Ultimaton/Weapon XV) and the defection of Fantomex (Weapon XIII). Sublime had envisioned a team of mutant-hunters with scripted actions operating from a space station (a section of Asteroid M) to make the genocide of mutantkind look like a "Saturday morning cartoon come to life". Weapon XII had already been destroyed during its test-drive; Fantomex, intended to be the smart, cool member of the team, refused to be anybody's weapon. Only Ultimaton remained, and even though he followed the direction of Weapon Plus operatives, he had begun to question his role as a slaughter machine but was ultimately killed by Wolverine.[557]
Under the influence of Sublime via Kick, Xorn revealed himself to be Magneto, and assembled a new Brotherhood of Mutants to lay waste to the Xavier Institute and then New York City. They were defeated by the X-Men, but Xorn-Magneto, under Sublime's influence, killed Jean Grey, who was manifesting the powers of the Phoenix Force. Unbeknownst to all, the Phoenix was the ultimate threat to Sublime's plan. In retaliation for Jean's murder, Xorn-Magneto was beheaded by Wolverine.[558]
Later, Chamber, an X-Man who had infiltrated Colcord's Weapon X organization, was ordered to assassinate Sublime by Brent Jackson, an S.H.I.E.L.D. agent turned Weapon X field leader. Chamber incinerated Sublime but Sublime again regenerated. At the same time, Sublime was also responsible for sending Sabretooth against Mister Sinister to obtain Sinister's latest creations, the Children (not to be confused with the Children of the Vault, a thematically similar team of characters but different in origin).[volume & issue needed]
With the massive depowering of mutants following the House of M, mutantkind's threat to Sublime has been greatly diminished. However, it remains to be seen if the depowered mutants lost their innate immunity to the Sublime infection. In any event, Sublime appears as a computer-generated image and personality in X-Men: Phoenix – Warsong where he greets the remaining Stepford Cuckoos at The World, the base of operations for the Weapon Plus. He confirms that the Cuckoos are part of the larger Weapon XIV, the "Thousand-in-One," a telepathic gestalt of one thousand cloned daughters based on the ova of Emma Frost, taken by John Sublime years earlier when she was comatose. He facilitates the transfer of the Phoenix Force into all one thousand clones and uses robots to stop the X-Men, though "he" is defeated.[559]
Sublime was responsible for the birth of the Stepford Cuckoos, extracting thousands of eggs from the ovaries of Emma Frost and harvesting them into humanoid/nanite hybrids designed to be killing machines. The hub of his program, the five sisters, were sent to the Xavier institute to be trained in the use of their telepathic legacy.
John Sublime returned in a new human host and surrendered himself to the X-Men, hoping they could fight his sister, Arkea.
With the rise of Krakoa as a mutant nation, the X-Men have discovered plenty of secrets about the mutant race including the means to resurrect some of the oldest mutants in all existence. Thanks to their successful battle against the Crimson Kin and brief trip into the past, the team was able to recover a time-drive containing the last of the original mutants known as Thresholders. With the help of the time-displaced Cerebra, the team is able to resurrect Amass, a young "Enriched" who had the ability to fuse themselves with others. This also allowed them to save the hedonistic Crave and their leader, Theia. The three reveals to the Marauders that they were among the last of Threshold, the first ancient mutant civilization. They coexisted with early humans, whose wisdom served as a crucial check in the Enriched culture. But an ancient water-based species known as the Unbreathing went to war with the Enriched. Their increasingly dark plans resulted in the creation of biological weapons and hybrid bacteria which became self-aware and turned against the culture. The massively powerful psychic Cassandra Nova reveals that she has glimpsed into their minds and confirms that the bacteria they created are actually Sublime and his sister Arkea.
Soon afterwards, several of Krakoa's young mutants and their mentor Wolfsbane are kidnaped by the U-Men at a peaceful rally, much to the dismay of Cerebella who has trauma related to the U-Men. As Escapade, the newest edition to Krakoa's New Mutants crew, attempts to break the group out of their cage, John Sublime makes a surprise appearance, threatening the group with death and holding the glass jar that Martha's brain was originally held in, with the intention of turning her back into a floating brain at his service.
Sugar Man is a mutant villain created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Chris Bachalo, and first appeared in Generation Next #2 (April 1995).[562]
Sugar Man first appeared during "Age of Apocalypse", an event that caused Marvel Universe's history to diverge. Although many of the storyline's characters were alternate versions of existing heroes and villains, Sugar Man does not appear to have an Earth-616 counterpart.
Sugar Man hails from the dystopian reality of the Age of Apocalypse, where Apocalypse conquered North America and set up a system in which mutants ruled. Little to nothing is known about this twisted figure's childhood. With his grotesque appearance and psychotic personality, Sugar Man quickly earned himself a reputation as a brilliant geneticist, as well as a sadistic torturer under Mister Sinister's direction, and like his teacher, Sugar Man so too had built secret labs all over North America, with one at Niagara Falls where he regularly torments his human slaves.[563]
Sugar Man was later placed in charge of Pacific Northwest's human slave camp, the "Seattle Core". Magneto needed a mutant with time travel powers to go back in time to restore reality's proper order before Charles Xavier's death, whose existence was revealed by Bishop, a displaced mutant from Earth-616. Apocalypse had already killed all mutants with chrono-variant powers to prevent anyone from undermining his regime, but Know-It-All was able to locate one with latent powers: Illyana Rasputin, the sister of Generation Next's leader, Colossus.[volume & issue needed]
Magneto sends the fledgling group, Generation Next, to the Core in an attempt to rescue her. During their mission, Sugar Man encounters and kills several of the members, including Vincente and Mondo. During the process, Sugar Man is seemingly destroyed. In reality, however, he lost most of his mass and shrank to a minuscule size. He hides in Colossus' boot during the assault on Apocalypse's citadel.[volume & issue needed]
In the 2000 Blink limited series, a flashback reveals that Sugar Man was once the jailer in charge of cellmates Illyana Rasputin and Blink (before she was rescued as a young girl by Weapon-X and Sabretooth) in a prison facility where he regularly experiments with them.
During the assault on Apocalypse's citadel, Sugar Man takes advantage of the chaos to escape by jumping into the M'Kraan Crystal, the "Nexus of all realities". He arrives in the Earth-616 timeline, arriving in an unspecified location some twenty years in the past. With no apparent counterpart in this universe and no-one to remember him, Sugar Man travels to Genosha where he continues his genetics work behind the scenes. At some point, he approached Dr. David Moreau, a scientist who lived and worked on Genosha. Using techniques developed in his home reality, the Sugar Man sold his work on the Mutate bonding process to Dr. Moreau. Dr. Moreau, who would go on to be called the Genegineer, used the process to turn the mutant inhabitants of Genosha into mindless slaves. Years later, when the X-Men helped topple Dr. Moreau and the Genoshan government, ending the enslavement of mutants, they remained completely unaware of the existence of the Sugar Man or his role in the creation of the Mutate process. As the months and years passed, the Sugar Man quietly orchestrated things in his favor during the more peaceful government run by Sasha Ryan.
Eventually, this government falls into a brutal civil war. When the mutant team Excalibur is investigating the first Mutate slave of Genosha, they almost learn the secret of the Sugar Man; however, this is thwarted when Sugar Man activates a device that kills the Mutate before his involvement can be revealed.[564] When Excalibur continues to keep searching for the secret history of Genosha, Sugar Man prevents them by destroying the master computer holding the information.[565]
Detecting that X-Man, another refugee from Earth-295, is active in Earth-616, Sugar-Man sends his agent Rex to eliminate him to maintain his anonymity.[566] Much to his frustration, the first assassination attempt is interrupted by Selene.[567] Sugar Man then attempts to capture Alex Summers, using a copycat of the deceased Scarlet McKenzie as his operative. She fails, and he eventually gives up after learning that another refugee from "The Age of Apocalypse", Beast, now calling himself "Dark Beast", is also trying to capture him.[568]
When Nate Grey's Earth-616 counterpart, Cable, travels to Genosha and becomes involved, his presence was picked up by Sugar Man who mistook him for his Earth-295 counterpart and incorrectly figured Nate Grey had come after him following their recent altercation. He made arrangements for the Press Gang to attack and kill "X-Man" and his associates.[569] Sugar Man pleasantly realizes that "X-Man" was actually an older version of the Nate Grey he knew. When Cable tried to stop him telepathically, he was overwhelmed by the transtemporal jumble that still existed within Sugar Man's mind. Aware he was fighting a losing battle and eager to cover his tracks, Sugar Man initiated meltdown procedures for the nuclear core powering his base.[570] As Cable, Domino, Jenny Ransome, Phillip Moreau, and the brainwashed ex-Magistrate Pipeline try to deactivate the bomb, Sugar Man used the confusion and fear to escape, only to be opposed by Philip Moreau. Stunning him with stories of how he and his father created the mutate bonding process, Sugar Man abducted Philip and teleported out of sight. Sugar Man's plans for Phillip remain unknown. With the database destroyed, Sugar Man's existence is kept secret. The clues themselves were passed to Phillip by Mister Sinister, who had long suspected that the Genosha mutate process was based on his own genetic research.[571]
After nearly coming face-to-face with 616's Mr. Sinister in Genosha, Sugar-Man begins working with the Dark Beast to keep their existence secret: Sinister learning that they are the ones who are using his techniques in 616 would work against them. In this vein, they target Bishop, who retains memories from the Age of Apocalypse.[572] After the failed attempt to slay Bishop by using the Dark Beast's operative Fatale, the two refugees part company.[573]
Sugar Man returns to Earth-295's past Earth-295 by utilizing a hyper dimensional device. After succeeding, he quickly resumes experimentation on a super-virus that he hopes to bring back to Earth-616 to wipe out humanity. Unfortunately for Sugar Man, Nate Grey follows him and, with the help of Magneto and Forge, thwarts his plot and sends him back to Earth-616.[563]
Back in 616, Sugar Man and the other refugees from Earth-295 are targeted by the Shi'ar empire, who see Holocaust's embedded shard of the M'Kraan Crystal as sacrilege. When the shard is removed, all refugees are sent back to Earth.[574]
Afterward, Genosha is quickly destroyed by the wild Sentinel, directed by Cassandra Nova. The whereabouts of Sugar Man are unknown until he reappears in Genosha, killing a band of Magistrates who are exploring the island with the Dark Beast. Callisto and Karima Shapandar confront Sugar Man and apparently kill him with a pipe through the head.
He recovers from Calisto's attack in the X-Men: Endangered Species storyline and is one of the villains contacted by Beast when he is trying to reverse the effects of M-Day. Sugar Man declines, saying that Beast cannot afford him.[575]
After the "Dark Reign" storyline, Sugar Man leaves his hideout to find the device known as the "Omega Machine". He finds the device in an abandoned H.A.M.M.E.R. facility with, to his delight, Nate Grey hooked up to it.[576] He remakes the device to open portals to other realities and begins creating technologically derived mutates as part of his experiments while he tries to reach Earth-295, the Age of Apocalypse.[577] Realizing that the only way Sugar Man will leave him alone is to give him what he wanted, Nate uses all of his strength and willpower to open a portal to 295; before Sugar Man can escape into it, he is forced to return to 616 by Moonstar, where he is taken into custody by Captain Steve Rogers.[578]
Sugar Man is released from prison by Dark Beast. They rebuild the dimensional portal technology and return to the Age of Apocalypse, where the two use the energies of the life seed to resurrect a number of fallen mutants to provide Weapon Omega an army.[579]
The Human Resistance later captures Sugar Man and gives him to Penance in exchange for her co-operation. Penance plans to reform Sugar Man and utilize his science in her reformation of society.
Sugar Man was believed to have stayed on the Age of Apocalypse when the reality was closed from the Multiverse during the X-Termination event, but in the lead-up to the incursion between the Earth-616 Earth and Earth-1610 as seen in the Secret Wars storyline, he had managed to return to Earth-616 before its closure and has been in hiding since then. Believing that the villain has the means to boost his magnetic abilities, Magneto seeks him out. Sugar Man is able to unveil a set of mobile power amplifiers with the intention of selling them to Magneto. Magneto, however, takes the technology violently and impales Sugar Man with numerous metal pipes, leaving him barely alive.[580]While investigating the mysterious appearance of 600 new mutant signatures, Colossus takes a group of younger mutants to investigate. During the investigation, they discover that Sugar Man has created the new mutants and plans on traveling to the future with them where he will raise and control them but are able to thwart his plans.[581]
Sugar Man was also revealed to be associated with Chance and his airborne casino for criminals, the Palace.[582]
Bishop later receives a warning about an unspecified, imminent event that would have catastrophic consequences on the X-Men's timeline which lead him to Sugar Man's lab where the X-Man had a quick confrontation with the frightened villain before getting knocked unconscious. By the time Bishop woke up, Sugar Man was dead, with his body split in two.[583] However, Sugar Man later returns in the X-Men: From the Ashes event.[584]
Sunder (Mark Hallett) is a mutant in the Marvel Universe, a member of the Morlocks. The character, created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith, first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #169 (May 1983).
Within the context of the stories, Sunder's mutant powers give him superhuman strength, stamina and durability. He is a founding member of the Morlocks, abandoning the identity he had in the surface human world. Sunder is the aide to Callisto, the muscle of his group who is very protective of them, especially Callisto. On Callisto's orders, he kidnaps Angel to the realm of the Morlocks.[585] He later aids Callisto in abducting Kitty Pryde and attempting to force Pryde to marry the Morlock Caliban.[586] He also serves the wizard Kulan Gath when he took over Manhattan.[587] Sometime later, he took up residence on Muir Island.[588] He briefly joins the "Muir Island" X-Men organized by Moira MacTaggert, but is killed by the cyborg Pretty-Boy with a bullet wound in the back when the Reavers invade Muir Island.[589]
Sunder appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Dan Hennessey.[citation needed]
Sunpyre (Leyu Yoshida (吉田 玲優, Yoshida Reyu)) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is commonly associated with the X-Men and is the sister of Sunfire.
Leyu Yoshida and her brother Shiro were born to a mother who suffered radiation poisoning due to exposure to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. As a result, she and her brother were born mutants, possessing identical powers. Her brother would go on to be the well-known Japanese superhero Sunfire. Leyu first appeared during the Eve of Destruction storyline, when she joined the X-Men for a single mission, to help fight Magneto. Jean Grey had summoned her brother, but instead got Sunpyre, who she says Shiro had never mentioned before, as Shiro had refused because he was unavailable at the time. Despite Jean not knowing Sunpyre, she accepts her offered assistance as the situation is so extreme.[590] Jean's makeshift team of X-Men includes long-term allies Northstar and Dazzler, and the civilians Omerta and Wraith.[591] Dazzler had problems of her own and, with a Jean-assisted telepathic conference, Sunpyre learns of the childlike Age of Apocalypse villains. Thus, Sunprye is one of the few in the current continuity to know that the Age of Apocalypse actually happened. Sunpyre fights valiantly against Magneto but almost loses her life when the master of magnetism constructs a metallic cocoon around her. After the mission is completed successfully, Sunpyre chooses to return to her home instead of staying in the United States with the "arrogant" X-Men.[592]
Banshee later asks her to join his X-Corps (again replacing Sunfire, who did not want to join). This time she is removed from the front lines and instead spends most of her time in the laboratory studying the mutant Abyss. No explanation is provided for the 15-year-old's sudden expertise in mutant genetics.[593] When Mystique, who had infiltrated the group and brought together the other former villains, begins her plan for taking over the X-Corps, Sunpyre is one of the casualties. Mystique stabs her to death. When Banshee finds her corpse, he is also stabbed but survives his wounds. Mystique had wanted to release Abyss but gets more than she bargained for when the mutant is unable to turn off his powers and sucks the shapeshifter into the dimensional void in his chest cavity.
Sunpyre is later apparently resurrected as a female East Asian mutant who looks exactly like her (complete with her signature flame aura). She has most recently been seen with other former X-Men and X-Men-related characters in Cyclops's Million Mutant March in Washington D.C.[594]
In 2020, CBR.com ranked Sunpyre 8th in their "Marvel Comics: Ranking Every Member Of Big Hero 6 From Weakest To Most Powerful" list.[595]
Sunstroke (Sol Brodstroke) is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Steve Englehart and Al Milgrom, first appeared in West Coast Avengers #17 (February 1987).
Within the context of the stories, Sunstroke is originally a minion of Dominus, and has the ability to absorb solar energy and release it as blinding flashes of light or projections of heat. The Avengers stumble upon Dominus and his minions and defeat them.
Sunstroke later battles Captain America (who is posing as Crossbones) at a weapons expo hosted by AIM.[596] Sunstroke joins the Masters of Evil in their bid to blackmail the world governments[597] becomes a member of the Hood's crime syndicate.[598]
Sunstroke was among the villains that were killed by Black Ant and a restored Hank Pym and revived to join the Lethal Legion.[599]
Super Sabre (Martin Fletcher) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #215.
Martin Fletcher was born in Massachusetts. During World War II, as Super Sabre he fought against the Axis powers which dominated Europe. He fought alongside three other heroes during this time: Stonewall, Crimson Commando, and Yankee Clipper(*needs reference). Following the war, Super Sabre along with the Commando and Stonewall continued to fight crime. They even hoped to join the Human Torch in fighting communists, but government officials were concerned that the over enthusiastic heroes would cause a real war. The government requested that the trio retire, which they reluctantly did. Fletcher, Crimson Commando, and Stonewall returned to America. When they arrived home, they were disturbed by the criminal acts of people who thought they were "above the law". Finally deciding to do something, they came out of retirement and would kidnap criminals and hunt them for sport as vigilantes. Years later, while operating out of Adirondack State Park in New York state, they accidentally captured Storm and realized that she was not a criminal. Faced with this dilemma, they decided to hunt down Storm to keep their whereabouts a secret. Storm was also captured with another prisoner, drug dealer Priscilla Morrison, their actual target. Chasing down Morrison and Storm, Super Sabre was almost decapitated by a trap Storm had set, which buried him in an avalanche. Later, Morrison betrayed Storm, but before she could kill Storm, she was killed by the Crimson Commando. Storm and the Crimson Commando then fought in combat, which she won. After she won, she demanded that Commando and Stonewall turn themselves in. Distraught because they thought Super Sabre was dead, they complied and turned themselves in.[600]
Months later Valerie Cooper arranged for the release of the Crimson Commando and Stonewall if they joined Freedom Force. They reluctantly agreed. Super Sabre publicly reappeared, alive, and also offered to join the Freedom Force. The trio was pardoned for their past crimes and became special operatives for the federal government of the United States.[601] Alongside Freedom Force, Super Sabre battled the X-Men in Dallas at first, but then battled cavemen transported to Dallas by time-waves created by the cosmic entity known as the Adversary. They witnessed the televised deaths of the X-Men, and Forge's return to Dallas.[602] Freedom Force's attempts to enforce the government policy, the Mutant Registration Act, later led to a battle with the New Mutants in Dallas,[603] and with Cyclops and Marvel Girl of X-Factor in which Marvel Girl defeated Super Sabre.[604] They later attempted to apprehend Rusty Collins but were thwarted by Skids. Following a mission to Muir Island which resulted in Stonewall's death at the hands of the Reavers.[volume & issue needed] Later during a Freedom Force mission to capture Cable, who had escaped from federal custody, Super Sabre was almost decapitated again.[605]
During an unknown period of time Super Sabre was seen alongside other speedsters such as Quicksilver, Whizzer, Speed Demon, Black Racer, Makkari, and the female Captain Marvel. The Runner pitted them against each other to find out who is the fastest being on Earth.[606] The Crimson Commando then led a Freedom Force mission to Kuwait City to rescue or kill physicist Reinhold Kurtzmann, which led to a fight with the Middle Eastern mercenary group, Desert Sword. Super Sabre was ultimately decapitated by the "cutting wind" of Aminedi,[607] and the mission ended with Commando crippled.[608] Following this disaster, Freedom Force was disbanded.[volume & issue needed]
Years later, Wolverine visited the afterlife and was attacked by several of his dead foes, among them Stonewall, Pyro, and Super Sabre. Wolverine began to fight the dead villains until Colossus appeared to help Wolverine defeat them.[volume & issue needed] A young recruit of Mystique's later incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants took the code name Sabre, in honor of the late Super Sabre.[volume & issue needed] This Sabre has somewhat similar mutant abilities as the original. Super Sabre is resurrected by means of the Transmode Virus to serve as part of Selene's army of deceased mutants. Under the control of Selene and Eli Bard, he takes part in the assault on the mutant nation of Utopia.[378]
Supercharger (Ronnie Hilliard) is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Kurt Busiek, and Paul Lee, first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #17 (January 1996). He is, chronologically, Spider-Man's first super-villain.
Within the context of the stories, Ronnie Hilliard gains superpowers in a generator explosion that kills his father. Calling himself Supercharger, he is a "living battery" capable of absorbing, storing, and releasing great amounts of electricity. He can discharge this energy through physical contact or as destructive lightning-like bolts. He battles the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man.[609] Supercharger is later seen as a member of the Masters of Evil organized by the Crimson Cowl. Supercharger, alongside the rest of the Masters of Evil members, is defeated by the Thunderbolts.[610]
Supercharger is among the villains killed by Black Ant and a restored Hank Pym and revived to join the Lethal Legion.[599]
Superia is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Little is known of the past of the woman known as Superia, but she was first seen where she and a small army of female supervillains plotted to sterilize all other women in the world, making their reproductive capabilities valuable beyond measure. She was initially inspired to use her scientific knowledge to conquer the world when she discovered, via use of a "time probe", that a descendant of hers, Thundra, would rule the world-spanning matriarchy of the "Femizons". Her plan was thwarted by Captain America and his allies (Paladin, Diamondback, Asp and Black Mamba).[611]
She later appeared alongside a much smaller group of Femizons, consisting of Blackbird, Iron Maiden, Nightshade and Snapdragon. This group fought against the criminal scientists of AIM, and were defeated, thanks in part to former Femizon M.O.D.A.M. Superia was saved from certain death by Captain America.[612]
Superia again appeared as "Dr. Deidre Wentworth", and gave a young woman named Cathy Webster superhuman physical traits and subliminal performance-boosting messages. These messages also bound Webster (now called Free Spirit) to Superia's control, though Webster was quickly freed. After a failed negotiation with the Baroness Zemo, she convinced Diamondback to join her as penance for having killed her former lieutenant Snapdragon.[613]
Superia and Diamondback resurfaced soon after, when Superia was convinced to give Captain America a treatment and cure to reverse a paralytic effect resulting from the serum that had given him his powers.[614] The three of them, alongside other allies of Captain America, attacked AIM to steal its new Cosmic Cube, but were forced to retreat. It was at that time the cure was stolen by the Red Skull, whose mind was at the time living in a body cloned from Captain America, who used the cure on himself, and shot and apparently killed Superia.[615]
Having acquired the power of the Cube – although unable to control it directly – Superia sent her knowledge back in time to her younger self, where she was able to use her knowledge to infiltrate A.I.M., create a new heroic identity for herself and some chosen allies, and subsequently infiltrate the Avengers by removing Captain America from history after his 'death' in the Second World War, essentially supplanting his post-war role.[volume & issue needed] With her new position, she allowed the Avengers to disband and be replaced by her 'Americommandos', who arrested the X-Men and other mutants, captured 'illegal' superhumans like Luke Cage and Spider-Man, and arranged for the Fantastic Four to be lost in the Negative Zone, forcing Henry Pym, the Invisible Woman, and the Wasp into retirement, and 'killing' Tony Stark while he was undergoing heart surgery while keeping his brain alive to use his intellect.[volume & issue needed] Tath Ki, the Contemplator, learned of her actions, and was able to recruit a 'resistance movement' of time-displaced heirs to Captain America's legacy, including Steve Rogers early in his career, the U.S. Agent shortly after his own time as Captain America, American Dream, Commander A from the twenty-fifth century, and the present-day Bucky to oppose her.[volume & issue needed] Having learned of Superia's plans, Steve Rogers merged with one of his later selves when the team was sucked into the Cosmic Cube and arrived at the reality nexus where the removed Captain Americas had been sent, the merger creating a chronal ripple that undid her actions.[volume & issue needed]
Superia reappeared years later as the leader of H.A.M.M.E.R.[volume & issue needed] She took the leadership role after Norman Osborn, former leader of H.A.M.M.E.R., was taken into custody. The New Avengers captured her after getting a tip from Victoria Hand.[616] When Osborn escaped from the Raft, he broke Superia out also.[617] She immediately joined Norman Osborn's second incarnation of the Dark Avengers as the new Ms. Marvel.[618] Superia and the other members of the Dark Avengers were defeated by both Avengers teams when it turned out that her teammate Skaar was the Avengers' double-agent.[619]
Superia later appears on the High Council of A.I.M. (consisting of Andrew Forson, Graviton, Jude the Entropic Man, Mentallo, Yelena Belova, and the double agent Taskmaster) as the Minister of Education in Bagalia, a country run and populated by supervillains.[620] She is badly injured after an incident on A.I.M. Island regarding an escaped creature.[621] She then made plans to retrieve the creature for the Scientist Supreme.[622]
Superior is a name of different characters in Marvel Comics. The name has also been used in other related media.
The Superior (Jonathan Gallagher) is an enemy of Comet Man in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer and Kelley Jones, first appeared in Comet Man #1 (February 1987).
John Gallagher was born to Jack Beckley and his unnamed fiancée. Jack went to fight in the South Pacific while his fiancée gave birth to John and put him up for adoption. Jack was unaware of John's existence and went on to marry his fiancée and had Stephen and Rosemary. Years later, John formed a government group called The Bridge and adopted the name The Superior. He traced his father, but he didn't believe that John was his son, so he killed his father by staging a plane crash. He went up against his brother, Stephen, by kidnapping his son Benny, but was killed.[623]
The Superior is a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Sean McKeever and David Baldeon, first appeared in Young Allies Volume 2, #2 (September 2010).
The Superior is a ten-year-old child who claims to be the son of the Leader, and possesses a similar appearance to him.[624] He forms the Bastards of Evil, a group of individuals who were supposedly abandoned by their supervillain parents.[625]
Superior appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portrayed by Zach McGowan. This version is a former SVR member named Anton Ivanov and leader of the Watchdogs.
Supernova is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Supernova, also known as Nova Omega and Garthan Saal, first appeared eas an antagonist in The Avengers #301 in 1988.
Garthan Saal, a member of the Xandarian Nova Corps, was one of the few Xandarians who survived the destruction of Xandar at the hands of Nebula the space pirate. Garthan Saal contained the power of the entire Nova Corps within his body which increased him to the size of a giant and drove him mad. Supernova's desire for revenge against Nebula led him on a quest to track her down and exact his revenge. He had heard that Nebula had recently been a member of the Avengers (in actuality this was a temporal counterpart to Kang's long lost love Ravonna who assumed the guise of Nebula).[volume & issue needed] Supernova first attacked the Avenger Star Fox (another alleged relative of Nebula's) in space which led to a confrontation between Supernova and the combined forces of the Avengers, Fantastic Four and fellow surviving Xandarian Firelord (a former herald of Galactus). Supernova was only defeated by tricking him into the timestream to find the woman he believed was Nebula as she had been lost in the timestream during a previous encounter with the Avengers.[626]
Years later, Garthan Saal returned from the time stream even more crazed. He had come to realize that there was a small sliver of the Xandarian Nova Corps power that was still housed within the earthling Richard Rider a.k.a. Nova, a former member of the Xandarian Nova Corps and at that time a member of the New Warriors. Supernova came to earth and drained Nova of all his powers effectively killing him (ruining his date with Laura Dunham). Richard was resurrected thanks to another surviving Xandarian (and former herald of Galactus) named Air-Walker. Air-Walker and Firelord joined Nova and the New Warriors into a battle in space with Supernova. During the battle Supernova tried to drain a powerless Richard Rider again but this led to Richard himself having full control of the Nova Force. Nova was convinced by his friends to relinquish the power and use it to reboot the Xandarian Worldmind, a repository of Xandarian knowledge, culture and power. Having done this the Worldmind resurrected the Xandarian race and Nova Corps was reborn. Nova was given more power but eventually was depowered again at which point Garthaan Saal became the Nova assigned for Earth and took the name Nova Omega. His appointment caused great friction between him and the depowered Richard Rider. Garthan began tracking Volx the queen (and mother) of the Dire Wraiths. Volx murdered Garthan, who returned the Nova force to Richard Rider.[627]
Malik Tarcel, a temporary Nova Prime during the second Kree-Shi'ar War, was captured by Shi'ar forces and tortured. After the torture was over, a man claiming to be Garthan Saal arrived to rescue him.[628]
In flashbacks revolving around the Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Spider-Man's body), he was looking for an assistant in a project. He gained one in an Empire State University student named Estrella Lopez. At the abandoned Atomic Research Center, Estrella and Otto Octavius worked on a machinery and obtained a miniature star from an A.I.M. facility. Once that was done and the miniature star was placed in a dodecahedron, Estrella was infuriated that Otto took the credit. When she took out the miniature star, it caused a blackout as its energies transformed her. Superior Spider-Man found her transformed into an energy state and attacks him over the credit-taking he did while taking on the name of Supernova. Superior Spider-Man managed to trap her in the dodecahedron. In the present, Doctor Octopus was working on a new device using power from the dodecahedron until Supernova broke out of it. As Supernova did not recognize him, she flew off in search of Spider-Man.[629]
Saal appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, portrayed by Peter Serafinowicz.[630][631] This version is the benevolent commander of Nova Corps' fighter fleet who is ultimately killed by Ronan the Accuser.
The Hydra Supreme, also known as Supreme Hydra, Imperial Hydra, Supreme Leader, Civil Warrior, and Captain Hydra, are aliases used by fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The "Supreme Hydra" is a term given to a leader of a branch and splinter group of Hydra.
Arnold Brown is the Imperial Hydra that was the organization's figurehead.[632]
An unnamed Shinto Imperialist was the first leader of Hydra. He first appeared in Captain Savage #4 (July 1968) where he was also killed by Baron Strucker who usurped his position.[633]
An unnamed leader tried to destroy the Hulk.[634]
Sn'Tlo was created by Mark Waid and Ron Garney, and first appeared in Captain America vol. 3 #3 (January 1998). He is a Skrull who infiltrated Hydra initially as the Sensational Hydra and ultimately impersonated Captain America.[635]
Edgar Lascombe was created by J. Michael Straczynski, and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #521 (June 2005). He is the Supreme Hydra that was responsible for the Hydra Four.[636]
Leopold Zola, created by Rick Remender and Roland Boschi, and first appeared in Hail Hydra #1 (July 2015). He is Arnim Zola's genetic-engineered son seen during the 2015 Secret Wars crossover event. Captain Hydra is in a warzone where Hydra has been in power, fighting Nomad and Ellie Rogers.[637]
Sway (Suzanne Chan) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in X-Men: Deadly Genesis #3 as one of the "Missing X-Men". She was created by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Pete Woods.
Originally from Hong Kong, David and Emily Chan became naturalized citizens of the United States after living twenty years in California. They had a daughter named Suzanne, who, at 17 years old, wanted to attend Barnard College on the east coast of the United States and planned a trip to New York City to prove to her parents that she would be safe on her own after moving. During the trip, David and Emily were gunned down in a crossfire between gangs in Chinatown. Although standing a few feet from her parents, Suzanne was unscathed, which perplexed police detectives.
After the shooting, Suzanne entered a state of shock. She could only dwell on the fact that when the shooting started, she had somehow stopped the bullets in midair and was able to get herself out of the path of the bullets. In actuality, she had stopped time around the bullets, effectively freezing them in place. Unfortunately, she was unable to do the same for her parents and could only watch as the bullets tore into them.
The police placed the traumatized girl in a hospital for forty-eight-hour observation, during which she mostly slept and cried. When she was released, she was told that the police were looking into things, but they did not have any leads. Wandering the streets, she returned to the spot where her parents were killed. Suddenly, her mutant powers activated again, and she was able to see past events in the area, namely the phantoms of herself and her parents. After witnessing the shooting for a second time, Suzanne followed the phantom car, carrying her parents’ murderers, throughout the city. She then realized that she somehow had control over the flow of time, and she was making it replay itself for her.[638]
Suzanne followed the murderers to their front door, and inside she could see them celebrating. She called the police, and when they arrived, the killers opened fire. Consciously using her power for the first time, she froze the bullets and the killers in time. After giving her statement to the police, the detective contacted Dr. Moira MacTaggert, who then offered Suzanne a chance to train in the use of her mutant abilities. She took the code-name Sway and went with MacTaggert. She was in the first team, along with Kid Vulcan, Darwin, and Petra to attempt to rescue the X-Men from Krakoa but was sliced in half by the island's force. With the last of her power, she and the mortally wounded Petra combined their powers to save their remaining teammates from certain death.[639]
When the X-Men established Krakoa as a mutant paradise, Sway was among the revived mutants living there. She, Petra, and Vulcan were residing in the Summer House.[640]
During the "Empyre" storyline, Sway and Petra have a drink with Vulcan at the Summer House on the Moon. After Vulcan defeated his Cotati attackers, Sway and Petra catch up to him.[641]
Sway demonstrated the ability to decelerate and probably stop or even accelerate time around her body, as well as a form of retrocognitive projection that allowed her to replay the recent pasts as short bursts of ghostly images. It is highly possible her powers revolve either around the manipulation of gravitation as means for spacetime curvature or the control of chronitons, much like Tempo, another time-manipulating mutant. By focusing carefully, Suzanne was able to slow down and stop objects entirely, enabling her to freeze projectiles in mid-air, immobilize her enemies, and various other effects. Apparently, Suzanne's training had honed her abilities to the point where she could target specific objects in her range or everything within a certain radius.
Swiney Girl is an anthropomorphic pig and animal version of Spider-Girl.
S'ym is depicted as a demon of Limbo who served as a frequent enemy and sometimes supporting character in The Uncanny X-Men and The New Mutants. He was created as an homage to independent cartoonist Dave Sim's character Cerebus the Aardvark.
S'ym was a minion of Belasco, the ruler of the demonic dimension known as Otherplace or Demonic Limbo. S'ym battles the X-Men when the team is transported to Limbo via teleportation "discs" in their search for 7-year-old Illyana Rasputin, the younger sister of the X-Man Colossus.[642]
During Illyana's seven years in Limbo, Belasco takes her as his heir and apprentice. She ultimately defeats him, becoming Limbo's new ruler, and S'ym's master, before returning to the X-Men. S'ym challenges Illyana's newfound status as Limbo's ruler. Illyana defeats S'ym, leaving S'ym to agree to serve Illyana whenever she visits Limbo.[643] S'ym allies himself with the extraterrestrial Magus, allowing himself to be infected with a techno-organic virus.[644] Though Illyana tries to take Limbo back from him several times after this, she is unable to defeat him and S'ym's hold on Limbo only increases as he spreads the techno-organic virus to other demons.[645]
S'ym also took an interest in Madelyne Pryor, and even toyed with her self-doubt, and tempted her with great power.[646] S'ym was later revealed to be partners with the demon N'astirh in manipulating Illyana into opening a portal to Earth so they can unleash a demonic invasion.[647] Once the invasion had begun, S'ym betrayed N'astirh and the two fought each other for rule of Limbo and Earth.[648] Shortly after, Illyana sacrifices herself to banish the invaders back to Limbo, including S'ym,[649] and N'astirh is killed.[650]
Now the undisputed ruler of Limbo, S'ym plots a new invasion of Earth. He plans on using the Nexus of All Realities to invade Earth, but is stopped by his former master Belasco, who manipulates Cable into confronting S'ym. Belasco reasserts his control over both S'ym and Limbo.[651] The two are later defeated by Nightcrawler as his girlfriend, Amanda Sefton, takes over Limbo. S'ym turns to an alliance with the Archenemy, a powerful magical entity, and disguises himself as Duke Bleys, becoming one of Sefton's most trusted advisers. As Bleys, S'ym tricks Sefton into allying herself with many other demon lords and merging their various realms and dimensions into a single bastion against the Archenemy. S'ym then reveals his true identity and reveals that the single, united realm is an easier target for the Archenemy than the countless dimensions he was fighting before. Nonetheless, Sefton and her army manage to slay the Archenemy and undo the merging of realms.[652]
S'ym is next seen in the New X-Men "The Quest for Magik" storyline. Illyana returns to rule Limbo and S'ym is shown to be one of her servants. He appears to be free of the techno-organic virus, with no explanation given.[653]
When Witchfire learns that Magik has left Limbo during the X-Infernus storyline, she assumes control. She stabs S'ym through the chest, seriously wounding him. Magik teleports in to find him chained to the throne. She asks what happened and he informs her that Belasco's daughter, Witchfire has taken control in her absence.[volume & issue needed]
During the Second Coming storyline, a recovered S'ym is seen reporting to N'astirh that a small squad of X-Men had come to Limbo to rescue Magik, revealing in the meantime that N'astirh was the mastermind behind the abduction of Magik in the first place.[volume & issue needed]
He next appears in "Labour's of Magik" where he is seen with an unknown individual performing a ritual similar to the one Magik performed to get her Soulsword, earning him a mace. He invades Castle Belsco with an army of demons while Magik was preparing to hand over control of Madelyne Pryor and disarms her using his new weapon forcing them to flee.[654] After months of ruling from the castle, Magik and her allies return to take back control. It turns out his unseen benefactor is another version of Magik, created by Limbo because she was neglecting her duties there. Illyana defeated S'ym and her doppelganger with the help of Madelyne who she had trained in Arcane Magic, allowing Madelyne to finally become Queen of Limbo.[655]
During the "Dark Web" storyline, Belasco mentioned that S'ym will be among the characters that will be after Belasco's misplaced Soulsword in the Screaming Tower. After Black Cat uses her grapple to pull herself and Mary Jane Watson out of the bottomless pit that the cursed and cannibalistic inhabitants chased them into, they find S'ym at the top.[656]
Margali Szardos, also known as Margali of the Winding Way, Red Queen or Fata Morgana, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men Annual #4 (August 1980), and was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Romita Jr. based on sketches by John Byrne. She is the adoptive mother of Nightcrawler and the biological mother of Amanda Sefton (formerly known as Daytripper and the second Magik).[657]
Margali Szardos's past is as much of an enigma as she is. She was supposedly born in Paris, France as a Manouche girl and taught magic by her mother, but she has yet to reveal her true origins. Margali's particular discipline of magic is called 'The Winding Way'.[658]
Once having been married, Szardos has two children: Stefan and Jimaine (aka Amanda). She supposedly had an affair with the demonic mutant Azazel who, at the time, had also seduced Mystique, who was then posing as the wife of Baron Christian Wagner. The Baron, who was infertile, suspected his wife of infidelity and, when the pain of childbirth caused Mystique to shift back to her natural form and deliver a devilish-looking child, the locals rose up against mother and son. Mystique fled, throwing the child over a waterfall (this detail was later retconned[659]), where he was later found and adopted by Margali. Whether she knew the child's origins or not, she raised the boy as her own.[660]
Working at Der Jahrmarkt as a fortune-teller to cover her tracks, Margali discovered that the Demon Belasco was sowing seeds of destruction into the Earth. She tricked her daughter into staying with her in Der Jahrmarkt by killing Sabu, Jimaine and Kurt's trapeze mentor. A day after Sabu's death, Kurt left Der Jahrmarkt to start a new life with the X-Men. Jimaine followed him to America and changed her name to Amanda Sefton, taking a job as a flight attendant. She and Kurt have since had an on-again, off-again relationship.
Years later, Margali learned that Kurt had killed Stefan. Too deep in grief to question why, Margali exiled Nightcrawler's soul to a dimension resembling "Dante's Inferno". With help from Jimaine and Doctor Strange, Kurt was exonerated.[661]
During Margali's time of weakness on The Winding Way, she was captured by the demon D'Spayre. After being rescued by Jimaine and Nightcrawler, Margali began her quest to take possession of a magical weapon called the Soulsword. Margali tricked her daughter once again by giving her a warning about a sorcerer called Gravemoss who was trying to kill all above him on The Winding Way. Amanda travelled to Muir Island and found that Gravemoss had possessed Kurt. After defeating Gravemoss, Amanda gave her mother the Soulsword and Margali used it to kill all the other sorcerers stationed above her. Amanda then joined Excalibur under the code name Daytripper.
Hoping to release a demon under London, Margali joined the U.K. branch of the Hellfire Club as the Red Queen and kidnapped the mutant hybrid Douglock. Her efforts were foiled by Excalibur and Margali disappeared only to be captured by Belasco. With her last bit of magic, she swapped souls with her daughter. Margali's soul, now in Amanda's body, took Nightcrawler to Limbo, where they were able to rescue her body and defeat Belasco. After the battle, Nightcrawler returned to the X-Men and Margali left Amanda to rule Limbo. Amanda then took the name Magik for herself.
Margali has reappeared recently to find Nightmare torturing her daughter. Nightmare was under control of a demon called Hive who was looking for the Soulsword. Nightcrawler was able to defeat Hive with the help of Margali, Jimaine and Nightmare. During the battle, Margali revealed that Nightcrawler possessed the Soulsword. Nightcrawler currently keeps the Soulsword inside his body.
Because of Margali's indiscriminate use of magic, she and Amanda parted ways on tense terms.[662] Following Nightcrawler's resurrection[663] and reunion with Amanda, Margali began to lust for the secrets of the afterlife. For this purpose, she engineered an attack by a quasi-robotic villain of her own creation called Trimega, pushing Nightcrawler into granting her sanctuary at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.[664] Once there, she attacked Storm and Beast, who had participated in Nightcrawler's recovery, converting their bodies into pictures of their memories. Stealing those memories relating to their experiences in the afterlife, she opened a portal into the Beyond. Intent on closing it from the other side, Nightcrawler and Amanda attempted to pass the gate, but Nightcrawler's voluntary exile from Heaven barred him from entry, stranding Amanda alone in the Void.[665]
Later, Margali returned as an adversary hired by Orchis, who had her cast a spell to transform mutants into monsters. This spell also affected Kurt, enabling Orchis to use him to kill several anti-mutant officials to frame mutantkind. It was during this time that Margali extracted a manifestation of Kurt's essence - his innate hope - into a Hopesword.[666] When Margali tried to prevent Legion from rescuing Kurt, she was stopped by Mother Righteous, who had made a pact with Margali in the past and now called upon the debt incurred with it by imprisoning Margali's essence in an energy sphere.[667]
Margali is an accomplished sorceress, equal of almost any sorcerer on Earth, occupying "The Winding Way's" highest position. The Winding Way grants mystic power, but that power ebbs and flows unpredictably, affecting the strength of Margali's magic. Margali can cast spells and transform herself. As the Red Queen she manifested her magic as a flaming sword, could extend her nails into long talons, and fire blasts of red arcane energy. Upon her first meeting of Doctor Strange, she summoned his Eye of Agamotto away from him against his will, a feat which made him consider that her powers could rival or dwarf his own.
Margali Szardos appears in the X-Men: Evolution episode "The Toad, the Witch and the Wardrobe", voiced by Teryl Rothery.
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